Fersit ( gd, Fearsaid Mhòr) is a hamlet close to
Tulloch railway station
, symbol_location = gb
, symbol = rail
, image = Tulloch Railway Station.JPG
, caption = Tulloch station, looking east (towards Glasgow)
, borough = Tulloch, Highland
, country ...
in
Lochaber,
Scottish Highlands and is in the
Highland council area.
The
River Treig, which drains into
Loch Treig
Loch Treig is a 9 km freshwater loch situated in a steep-sided glen 20 km east of Fort William, Scotland, Fort William, in Lochaber, Highland (council area), Highland, Scotland. While there are no roads alongside the loch, the West Hig ...
runs past Fersit.
Fersit had a small station on the
West Highland Line, known as
Fersit Halt. This was a temporary structure, used during the construction of the
Lochaber hydro-electric scheme
The Lochaber hydroelectric scheme is a hydroelectric power generation project constructed in the Lochaber area of the western Scottish Highlands after the First World War. Like its predecessor at Kinlochleven, it was intended to provide electricity ...
, and closed in 1935. The
Lochaber Narrow Gauge Railway
The Lochaber Narrow Gauge Railway was a narrow-gauge industrial railway. It was a relatively long line, built for the construction and subsequent maintenance of a tunnel from Loch Treig to a factory near Fort William in Scotland. The tunnel ...
, a railway line built for the construction of the hydro scheme, also passed by Fersit.
Climate
Fersit has a local
Met Office
The Meteorological Office, abbreviated as the Met Office, is the United Kingdom's national weather service. It is an executive agency and trading fund of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and is led by CEO Penelope E ...
weather station, Tulloch Bridge. Overall it is generally colder and wetter than the UK average but with cold winters and mild summers.
{{Weather box
, width = 86.9%
, location = Tulloch Bridge ({{convert, 237, m, ft, abbr=on, disp=or asl, averages 1981–2010)
, metric first = Yes
, single line = Yes
, Jan high C = 5.5
, Feb high C = 5.7
, Mar high C = 7.4
, Apr high C = 10.3
, May high C = 13.8
, Jun high C = 15.7
, Jul high C = 17.4
, Aug high C = 16.9
, Sep high C = 14.5
, Oct high C = 11.0
, Nov high C = 7.8
, Dec high C = 5.6
, year high C =
, Jan mean C = 2.6
, Feb mean C = 2.6
, Mar mean C = 4.2
, Apr mean C = 6.3
, May mean C = 9.1
, Jun mean C = 11.6
, Jul mean C = 13.6
, Aug mean C = 13.1
, Sep mean C = 10.9
, Oct mean C = 7.9
, Nov mean C = 5.0
, Dec mean C = 2.5
, year mean C =
, Jan low C = -0.3
, Feb low C = -0.5
, Mar low C = 0.9
, Apr low C = 2.3
, May low C = 4.4
, Jun low C = 7.4
, Jul low C = 9.7
, Aug low C = 9.3
, Sep low C = 7.2
, Oct low C = 4.8
, Nov low C = 2.1
, Dec low C = -0.7
, year low C =
, unit rain days= 1 mm
, Jan rain mm = 248.3
, Feb rain mm = 174.8
, Mar rain mm = 183.7
, Apr rain mm = 96.8
, May rain mm = 84.6
, Jun rain mm = 77.0
, Jul rain mm = 88.5
, Aug rain mm = 107.4
, Sep rain mm = 140.1
, Oct rain mm = 201.5
, Nov rain mm = 205.5
, Dec rain mm = 201.2
, year rain mm=
, Jan rain days = 19.5
, Feb rain days = 15.9
, Mar rain days = 19.7
, Apr rain days = 14.7
, May rain days = 14.6
, Jun rain days = 13.6
, Jul rain days = 15.6
, Aug rain days = 15.4
, Sep rain days = 16.5
, Oct rain days = 20.0
, Nov rain days = 19.3
, Dec rain days = 16.8
, year rain days=
, source 1 = Met Office
[{{cite web , url=https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/climate/maps-and-data/uk-climate-averages/gfhesb7dr , title=Tulloch Bridge (Highland) UK climate averages , publisher=Met Office , accessdate=21 March 2020 ]
, date=July 2017
References
Populated places in Lochaber