Rannoch Moor — the vast desolate upland between Perthshire and Argyll — became the refuge of MacGregor fugitives hiding from the proscription. Government and Campbell forces conducted sweeps through Rannoch in 1606 attempting to flush out MacGregor bands who were surviving by cattle theft and living in the open. The terrain favoured the hunted — Rannoch's bogs, lochs, and dense forest were virtually impassable to organised cavalry. Many MacGregors survived in Rannoch for years despite the sweeps. The operations were costly and only partially effective.
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