Nether Lochaber ( ) in

Lochaber Lochaber ( ; gd, Loch Abar) is a name applied to a part of the Scottish Highlands. Historically, it was a provincial lordship consisting of the parishes of Kilmallie and Kilmonivaig, as they were before being reduced in extent by the creation ...

Highland Highlands or uplands are areas of high elevation such as a mountainous region, elevated mountainous plateau or high hills. Generally speaking, upland (or uplands) refers to ranges of hills, typically from up to while highland (or highlands) is ...

, Scotland, is the modern (1950s) name for the Parish of Ballachulish and

Onich Onich (; Scottish Gaelic language, Gaelic: ''Omhanaich'', 'abounding in froth, frothy place'), also spelled Ounich, is a village in the historic county of Inverness-shire on the east shore of Loch Linnhe, Scotland and, together with North Ballach ...

. This Parish was formed, in 1911, out of the

Quoad Sacra A ''quoad sacra'' parish is a parish of the Church of Scotland which does not represent a civil parish. That is, it had ecclesiastical functions but no local government functions. Since the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929, civil parishes have h ...

Parish of Ballachulish and Corran of

Ardgour Ardgour () (, meaning ''Height of the goats'') is an area of the Scottish Highlands on the western shore of Loch Linnhe. It lies north of the district of Morvern and east of the district of Sunart. Administratively it is now part of the ward ...

which itself was formed, in 1829, out of the Parish of

Kilmallie Kilmallie ( gd, Cill Mhàilidh) is a civil parish in Lochaber, in the west highlands of Scotland. It is centered on the village of Caol, near Fort William and extends to Banavie and Corpach. It gives its name to the local shinty club, Kilmallie Sh ...

when the

Thomas Telford Thomas Telford FRS, FRSE, (9 August 1757 – 2 September 1834) was a Scottish civil engineer. After establishing himself as an engineer of road and canal projects in Shropshire, he designed numerous infrastructure projects in his native Scotla ...

Parliamentary churches were built at Creag Mhor in (north) Ballachulish and at Ardgour. Nether Lochaber is made up of Onich and

North Ballachulish The village of Ballachulish ( or , from Scottish Gaelic ) in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland, is centred on former slate quarries. The name Ballachulish (Ballecheles, 1522 – Straits town) was more correctly applied to the area now called No ...

. The community council covers these settlements as well as small settlements including Inchree, Bunree, Corrychurrachan and Keppanach; other features include Glen Righ Forest and the hills Beinn na Gucaig,

Mam na Gualainn Mam na Gualainn (797 m) is a mountain in the Grampian Mountains, Scotland. It lies above Loch Leven near the village of Kinlochleven Kinlochleven () ( gd, Ceann Loch Lìobhann) is a village located in Lochaber, in the Scottish Highlands and li ...

, Doire Bàn and Tom Meadhoin. Nether Lochaber has a parish church in the village of Onich, constructed in 1911, in part using stone from the earlier church at Creag Mhor.Nether Lochaber Parish Church
(accessed 22 October 2022)Nether Lochaber Parish Church, Onich
Scotland's Churches Trust (accessed 22 October 2022) It is described by Scotland's Churches Trust as "one of the finest rural churches in the Highlands".

References

External links

Nether Lochaber Community Council Website
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