West Laroch
West Laroch is a hamlet in Highland Council, Scotland. West Laroch is situated nearby to the village South Ballachulish, as well as near the locality Rubj Aird Daraich.Places of Interest
Highlights include Glencoe and Eilean Munde.
Glencoe
Photo: Meho29, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Glencoe is a hauntingly scenic valley in the western Scottish Highlands, a branch of The Great Glen which carves coast to coast. It's also the name of the village at its foot, where the glen meets the sea at Loch Leven.
Eilean Munde
Island
Photo: David Wood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eilean Munde is an uninhabited island in Loch Leven, close to Ballachulish. It is the site of a chapel built by St. Fintan Mundus, who travelled here from Iona in the 7th century.
Sgorr Bhan
Peak
Photo: Nigel Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sgorr Bhan is a peak, which is situated 1½ miles southwest of West Laroch.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Glencoe and Glenachulish.
Glencoe
Village
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Glencoe or Glencoe Village is the main settlement in Glen Coe in the Lochaber area of the Scottish Highlands. It lies at the north-west end of the glen, on the southern bank of the River Coe where it enters Loch Leven. Glencoe is situated 1½ miles east of West Laroch.
Glenachulish
Village
Glenachulish is a hamlet and glen which lie close to the village of Ballachulish in the Scottish Highlands. Glenachulish is situated 2 miles west of West Laroch.
North Ballachulish
Village
Photo: Martin Southwood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
North Ballachulish is a village, which is situated 2 miles northwest of West Laroch.
West Laroch
- Type: Hamlet
- Also known as: “An Làrach an Iar”
- Category: locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.67584° or 56° 40′ 33″ northLongitude
-5.14072° or 5° 8′ 27″ westElevation
1,165 feet (355 metres)Open location code
9C8PMVG5+8POpenStreetMap ID
node 960726026OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
2634369
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