Fersit ( gd, Fearsaid Mhòr) is a hamlet close to Tulloch railway station 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 creatio ...

Scottish Highlands The Highlands ( sco, the Hielands; gd, a’ Ghàidhealtachd , 'the place of the Gaels') is a historical region of Scotland. Culturally, the Highlands and the Lowlands diverged from the Late Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland S ...

and is in the

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 ...

council area. The

River Treig A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...

, which drains into Loch Treig runs past Fersit. Fersit had a small station on the

West Highland Line The West Highland Line ( gd, Rathad Iarainn nan Eilean - "Iron Road to the Isles") is a railway line linking the ports of Mallaig and Oban in the Scottish Highlands to Glasgow in Central Scotland. The line was voted the top rail journey in the ...

, known as Fersit Halt. This was a temporary structure, used during the construction of the Lochaber hydro-electric scheme, and closed in 1935. The Lochaber Narrow Gauge Railway, a railway line built for the construction of the hydro scheme, also passed by Fersit.

Climate

Fersit has a local Met Office 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