Ballachulish
The village of Ballachulish in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland, is centred on former slate quarries, and now primarily serves tourists in the area.Photo: Lessthankris41, Public domain.
Photo: Dave Hitchborne, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Locality with 650 residents
- Description: village in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Ballachuhsh”
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 a 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 Ballachulish.
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.
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 Ballachulish.
North Ballachulish
Village
Photo: Martin Southwood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
North Ballachulish is a village, which is situated 2 miles northwest of Ballachulish.
Ballachulish
- Category: village
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Ballachulish” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Ballachulish”
- Bulgarian: “Балачулиш”
- Catalan: “Ballachulish”
- Cebuano: “Ballachulish”
- Chinese: “巴拉胡利什”
- Dutch: “Ballachulish”
- French: “Ballachulish”
- German: “Ballachulish”
- Irish: “Baile a Chaolais”
- Irish: “Baile a‘ Chaolais”
- Irish: “Baile a’ Chaolais”
- Italian: “Ballachulish”
- Japanese: “バラフーリシュ”
- Manx: “Balley’n Cheeylysh”
- Manx: “Balleyn Cheeylysh”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ballachulish”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ballachulish”
- Norwegian: “Ballachulish”
- Polish: “Ballachulish”
- Scots: “Ballachulish”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Baile a Chaolais”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Baile a‘ Chaolais”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Baile a’ Chaolais”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Ballachulish”
- Spanish: “Ballachulish”
- Swedish: “Ballachulish”
- Welsh: “Ballachulish”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as West Laroch and South Ballachulish.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Eilean Choinneich and Eilean a‘ Chòmhraidh.
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