Ballachulish Slate Quarry
Ballachulish Slate Quarry is a quarry in Highland Council, Scotland. Ballachulish Slate Quarry is situated nearby to the tourism office Ballachulish Visitor Centre, as well as near the military installation Joint Service Mountain Training Wing.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
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.
Massacre of Glencoe Monument
Memorial
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The Massacre of Glencoe Monument is a memorial to the Massacre of Glencoe, which took place in Glen Coe in the Highlands of Scotland on 13 February 1692, following the Jacobite uprising of 1689–92. Massacre of Glencoe Monument is situated 1¼ miles east of Ballachulish Slate Quarry.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Glencoe and North Ballachulish.
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.
North Ballachulish
Village
Photo: Martin Southwood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
North Ballachulish is a village, which is situated 2½ miles northwest of Ballachulish Slate Quarry.
Glenachulish
Village
Glenachulish is a hamlet and glen which lie close to the village of Ballachulish in the Scottish Highlands. Glenachulish is situated 2½ miles west of Ballachulish Slate Quarry.
Ballachulish Slate Quarry
- Type: Quarry
- Category: industry
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.67663° or 56° 40′ 36″ northLongitude
-5.1265° or 5° 7′ 35″ westOpen location code
9C8PMVGF+M9OpenStreetMap ID
way 735308124OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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