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Ballichulish, Argyleshire

Historical Description

BALLICHULISH, a quoad sacra parish, in the parish of Kilmalie, partly in the district and county of Argyll, and partly in the county of Inverness, 11 miles (S. by W.) from Fort-William; containing 1235 inhabitants. The village of Ballichulish, or North Ballichulish, consisting of about forty families, stands on the Lochaber or Inverness-shire side of Loch Leven, near its junction with Loch Linuhe, where is a ferry between the opposite coasts of Lochaber and Appin, a distance of three miles below South Ballichulish, a large village in the Argyllshire parish of Lismore and Appin. On each side of this ferry across Loch Leven is an inn, the prospect from which is of the most imposing character, embracing mountains of towering height and rugged grandeur, relieved by water, woods, and pastures, and other interesting features. The quoad sacra parish of Ballichulish, or rather Ballichulish and Corran of Ardgour, consists of two distinct districts, separated from each other by Loch Linnhe, and having a church in each of them. The district connected with the church at North Ballichulish, in the county of Inverness, extends seventeen miles by seven, or 119 square miles; while that connected with the church at Ardgour, in the county of Argyll, extends fourteen miles by six miles, or eighty-four square miles, making a total area of 203 square miles. Both the churches were built in the year 1829, and they are about four miles apart; the church of Ballichulish contains 300 sittings, and that of Ardgour 210: divine service is performed once a fortnight in each. A school is supported by government in the former district; and another, in the latter, by the Society for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge. At Corran of Ardgour is a ferry connecting the two divisions, with an inn on each side: the inn on the Ardgour shore is very comfortable, and much frequented in summer. Cuil House, the residence of the chief of Ardgour, Colonel Mc Lean, stands at the foot of a range of lofty mountains, and at the edge of an extensive flat, and commands one of the grandest prospects in this part of the county.

Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland, 1851 by Samuel Lewis

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