Ballachulish Loch Linnhe seen from Glenachulish 2

Glenachulish (: valley of the narrows; pronounced Glen – ah – hoolish) is a

hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play. Set in Denmark, the play (the ...

and glen which lie close to the village of

Ballachulish The village of Ballachulish ( or , from Scottish Gaelic ) in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland, is centred on former slate quarries, and now primarily serves tourists in the area. Name The name Ballachulish (from Scottish Gaelic, ''Baile a' Chao ...

in the

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Etymology

The name derives from the narrows in the sea loch, Loch Leven, where it joins

Loch Linnhe Loch Linnhe ( ) is a sea loch in the Highland Council area, in the west of Scotland. The part upstream of Corran is known in Gaelic as (the black pool, originally known as Loch Abar), and downstream as (the salty pool). The name ''Linnhe ...

Village

Glenachulish was a

forestry Forestry is the science and craft of creating, managing, planting, using, conserving and repairing forests and woodlands for associated resources for human and Natural environment, environmental benefits. Forestry is practiced in plantations and ...

village. The original houses there were built by the

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in the mid 20th century. Subsequent house building has swelled the number of dwelling places, though the actual population probably peaked in the 1970s. While the original inhabitants came to work in forestry (many of them, ironically, from Hebridean islands where few trees grow). The current population includes some who have moved to the area from Central Scotland and England.

Glen

The wooded Glenachulish is a setting, within the horseshoe of the popular

Beinn a' Bheithir is a mountain south of Ballachulish and Loch Leven in the Scottish Highlands. It has two Munro summits: Sgorr Dhearg (''Sgòrr Dhearg'' ) at and Sgorr Dhonuill (''Sgòrr Dhòmhnaill'') at . The mountain forms a horseshoe shape, with ridges p ...

Footnotes

Populated places in Lochaber {{Lochaber-geo-stub