Lochailort

Lochailort (/lɒxˈaɪlərt/ lokh-EYE-lərt, Scottish Gaelic: Ceann Loch Ailleart) is a hamlet in Scotland[1] that lies at the head of Loch Ailort, a sea loch, on the junction of the Road to the Isles (A830) between Fort William and Mallaig with the A861 towards Salen and Strontian. It is served by Lochailort railway station on the West Highland Line.

Lochailort
  • Scottish Gaelic: Ceann Loch Ailleart

Inverailort House
Lochailort
Location within the Lochaber area
OS grid referenceNM773818
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLOCHAILORT
Postcode districtPH38
Dialling code01687
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament

Nearby is Lochailort Inn, a public house, and Our Lady of the Braes, a small Roman Catholic church that was consecrated in 1874 but little used since 1964 as Sunday Mass is celebrated in the chapel at Inverailort House which is located on the opposite side of the loch.

History

The wife of the owner of Inverailort House, Christian Cameron, was a keen photographer in the late 19th century. She took many photographs of the house and surrounding area but most of the glass plates were lost or destroyed when the military took over the house during World War II but the surviving photographs have been published in a book. Christian Cameron is said to have died of a broken heart after much of the contents of the house were badly damaged by the army when they emptied it.[2]

The house was requisitioned by the War Office at the end of May 1940 for use in the training of irregular forces as the Special Training Centre. Initially this was operated by MI(R) but became part of Combined Operations. Many techniques of guerrilla and irregular warfare were developed there and training techniques which were adopted for Commando training as well as Achnacarry Castle. SOE training was centred on nearby Arisaig House.

The army moved out of the house on 20 August 1942 and, after having been taken over by the Royal Navy, subsequently became HMS Lochailort and was used for the training of naval cadet ratings to be officers on small craft used by Combined Operations. The Royal Navy moved out in January 1945.[3]

Film locations

The village and nearby buildings have appeared in films such as Local Hero, Breaking the Waves and Complicity. The main businesses in the area are tourism and salmon farming in the loch.

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See also

References
  1. "Lochailort". The Gazetteer for Scotland. School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  2. The Cameron Collection: Moidart and Arisaig in the 19th Century, Ian Thornber, Ian Thornber Publications, ISBN 978-0-9556279-0-3 Archived 16 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Commando Country, Stuart Allan, National Museums Scotland 2007, ISBN 978-1-905267-14-9
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