Ballachulish slate quarry.

The village of Ballachulish ( from the Gaelic Baile Chaolais ) in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland, is centred around the former slate quarries. The name Ballachulish (pronounced Bah - lah - hoolish) 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. Ballachulish slate quarry, Scotland by Wojsyl, June 2004, GNU FDL File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Ballachulish slate quarry, Scotland by Wojsyl, June 2004, GNU FDL File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Slate Slate is a fine-grained, homogeneous, metamorphic rock which was derived from an original sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low grade regional metamorphism. ... A small cinder quarry A dimension stone quarry A quarry is a type of open-pit mine from which rock or minerals are extracted. ... Note: This page contains phonetic information presented in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) using Unicode. ... Lochaber (Scottish Gaelic, Loch Abar) refers to a large area of the central and western Scottish Highlands. ... The Highland unitary authority area (Roinn na Gàidhealtachd in Gaelic) is a local government area in the Scottish Highlands and the largest local government area in Scotland. ... Motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within Europe Scotlands location within the United Kingdom Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... Slate Slate is a fine-grained, homogeneous, metamorphic rock which was derived from an original sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low grade regional metamorphism. ... This entry incorporates text from Eastons Bible Dictionary, 1897, with some modernisation. ... Loch Leven, looking north from Vane Farm. ... Glencoe Village (Ordnance Survey Grid reference NN097587) is the main settlement in Glen Coe, Lochaber, Highland, Scotland. ...

The principal industry is now tourism, although most visitors pass swiftly by the village itself. Shinty is a popular local sport and the village is the traditional boundary of the North/South divide in shinty, with teams north of the village playing in the North district's competitions and those South playing in their respective competitions. However, Ballachulish is still considerably far North in relation to most of Scotland. Scotland is a well-developed tourist destination, with tourism generally being responsible for sustaining 200,000 jobs mainly in the service sector, with tourist spending averaging at £4bn per year [1]. Domestic tourists (those from the United Kingdom) make up the bulk of visitors to Scotland. ... Shinty, also known as camanachd or iomain, is a team sport played with sticks and a ball. ... Shinty, also known as camanachd or iomain, is a team sport played with sticks and a ball. ...

The name Ballachulish (in Gaelic, Baile a' chaolais) means "settlement on the strait". The strait in question is Caolas Mhic Phadraig - Peter or Patrick's narrows, at the mouth of Loch Leven. Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) is a member of the Goidelic branch of Celtic languages. ... Simplified diagram A strait is a narrow channel of water that connects two larger bodies of water, and thus lies between two land masses. ...

As there was no road to the head of Loch Leven, until it was built in 1927, the Ballachulish ferry, established in 1733, and that at Caolas na Con were essential. The Ballachulish ferry closed in December 1975 when the Ballachulish Bridge finally opened.

The Ballachulish Hotel (Tigh Craig), and Ballachulish House (now a country house hotel) are located near the narrows at (south) Ballachulish Ferry rather than in the 'modern' village some three miles east. Ballachulish House was reputed to be haunted, and the drive leading to it was ridden by a headless horseman.

The hamlet of Glenachulish (pronounced Glen - ah - hoolish) lies in Gleann a'Chaolais, the glen that runs down to the narrows. This is the subject of the beautiful Gaelic Song, Gleann Bhaile Chaoil. Gleann a'Chaolais is ringed by Beinn a'Bheithir (pronounced Ben Vair), a massif which contains two munros - Sgorr Dhearg and Sgorr Domhnuill. Glenachulish originally consisted of a row of forestry houses, with the head forester's house some hundred yards up the road. In recent years a number of new houses have been built locally along with holiday chalets and an art gallery. In recent years the fields of Gleann a'Chaolias have been turned into a 9-hole golf course. Glenachulish (pronounced Glen - ah - hoolish) is a hamlet which lies roughly 3 miles south of the village of Ballachulish in the Scottish Highlands. ... Beinn a Bheithir is a mountain lying to the south of Ballachulish, on the south side of Loch Leven in the Scottish Highlands. ... Aonach Eagach, a popular ridge between two munros in Glen Coe, Meall Dearg and Sgorr nam Fiannaidh A Munro is a Scottish hill with a height over 3000 feet (914. ... Beinn a Bheithir is a mountain lying to the south of Ballachulish, on the south side of Loch Leven in the Scottish Highlands. ... A decidous beech forest in Slovenia. ... Venus de Milo exhibited in the Louvre museum, France. ... Golfer after swing. ...

Overlooking the narrows is the monument to James of the Glen, "hanged on this spot for a crime of which he was not guilty". Robert Louis Stevenson based his novel Kidnapped around the story of the Appin Murder. Whoever did kill the Red Fox (Campbell of Glenure) is still not known, but the story is a reminder that a people subject to unjust occupation and persecution, as the Jacobite Highlanders were, will sometimes resort to violence and terrorism. James Stewart is the name of: // Actors James Stewart (actor) (1908–1997), Hollywood movie star, widely known as Jimmy Stewart. ... Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson (November 13, 1850 – December 3, 1894), was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer, a leading representative of Neo-romanticism in English literature. ... Binomial name Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) Synonyms Vulpes fulva, Vulpes fulvus The Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes), the most familiar of the foxes, has the widest range of any terrestrial carnivore. ... Charles Edward Stuart, Bonnie Prince Charlie, wearing the Jacobite blue bonnet Jacobitism was (and, to a very limited extent, is) the political movement dedicated to the restoration of the Stuart kings to the thrones of England and Scotland. ... Violence refers to acts of aggression and abuse which causes or intends to cause criminal injury or harm to persons, and (to a lesser extent) animals and property. ... Terrorism refers to a strategy of using violence, or threat of violence to generate fear, cause disruption, and ultimately, to bring about compliance with specific political, religious, ideological, and personal demands. ...

In 1903 an extension to the Oban and Callander branch of the Caledonian Railway, from Connel Ferry, was opened to Ballachulish. The site of the former railway halt of Ballachulish Ferry, the penultimate stop on the line before the Laroch quarries, was next to Ballachulish House some 1/2 mile inland from the ferry. Traces of the line, which closed with the quarries in 1966, remain between here and Connel Ferry. The old terminus station at Laroch (Ballachulish) is now an award winning Doctor's Surgery. The halt, and Stationmaster's House, at Keil, Duror, is now a private house and the halt at Creagan, some 20 miles south, has been refurbished in its old tradition Caledonian brown. The halt in Kentallen (5 miles south of Ballachulish) included a pier. This halt has now been turned into The Holly Tree Hotel. View of Oban from Druim Mor. ... Callander is a burgh in the region of Stirling, Scotland, on the River Teith. ... The Caledonian Railway was a Scottish railway company which was grouped into the London Midland and Scottish Railway by the Railways Act 1921 in 1923. ...

Slate from the quarries, established just 2 years after the infamous Glencoe Massacre of 1692, was used to cover many of the roofs of Victorian Glasgow. It is of good quality but one weakness is the presence of Iron Pyrite in the rock. These crystals quickly rust away when exposed to the weather, leaving clean square holes and a brown rusty streak. Over 75% of the slate cut from the quarries was unusable as roof covering for this and other reasons. The Massacre of Glencoe was an incident at the village of Glencoe, Glen Coe, Scotland early in the morning on February 13, 1692, during the era of the Glorious Revolution and the Jacobite Risings. ... Queen Victoria (shown here on the morning of her Accession to the Throne, 20 June 1837) gave her name to the historic era The Victorian era of Great Britain is considered the height of the British industrial revolution and the apex of the British Empire. ... For other uses, see Glasgow (disambiguation). ... The mineral pyrite, or iron pyrite, is iron disulfide, FeS2. ...

The graveyard of St John's Episcopal church has some fine gravestones which, unlike many others, look as if they were engraved 'yesterday' having been made from Ballachulish slate. The neutrality of this article is disputed. ...