Ballachulish
Sign in to saveThe village of Ballachulish ( or , from Scottish Gaelic ) in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland, is centred on former slate quarries, and now primarily serves tourists in the area.
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Place details
- Locality
- Ballachulish
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 650
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.static_image_name
- St. John's, Ballachulish.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St John's Episcopal Church
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.official_name
- Ballachulish
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Baile a' Chaolais
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NN061579
- UK place.map_type
- Lochaber
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Highland
- UK place.post_town
- Ballachulish
- UK place.postcode_district
- PH49
- UK place.postcode_area
- PH
- UK place.dial_code
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- +640
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- The south shore, Ballachulish - geograph.org.uk - 494823.jpg
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- Argyll
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Article
10 sectionsContents
- Name
- Overview
- Transport
- Slate
- Sport
- Shinty
- Local Highland Games
- Religion
- See also
- References
The village of Ballachulish ( or , from Scottish Gaelic ) in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland, is centred on former slate quarries, and now primarily serves tourists in the area.
==Name== The name Ballachulish (from Scottish Gaelic, ''Baile a' Chaolais'') means "the Village by the Narrows". The narrows in question is Caolas Mhic Phàdraig – Peter or Patrick's son's narrows, at the mouth of Loch Leven. The name Ballachulish (Ballecheles, 1522 – Straits town) was more correctly applied to the area now called North Ballachulish, to the north of Loch Leven, but was usurped for the quarry villages at East Laroch and West Laroch, either side of the River Laroch, which were actually within Glencoe and South Ballachulish respectively.