Locheilside Station
Railway Station (20th Century)
Site Name Locheilside Station
Classification Railway Station (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Locheilside Railway Station
Canmore ID 107612
Site Number NM97NE 1
NGR NM 9948 7867
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/107612
- Council Highland
- Parish Kilmallie
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
NM97NE 1 9948 7867
See also NM88SE 1.
Locheilside Station (NBR) opened 1.4.1901.
(Undated) information in NMRS.
This intermediate station on the Fort William (Mallaig Junction) - Mallaig line (the 'West Highland extension') of the former North British Rly was opened on 1 April 1901. It remains in regular use by passenger traffic.
R V J Butt 1995.
Field Walking (October 2001)
NN 1191 7702 to NN 0928 7460 A desk-based assessment and walkover survey were carried out in advance of work to lay new sections of water main, totalling approximately 16km, on the N and S shores of Loch Eil. The desk-based assessment identified a single building on the 1st edition OS not noted in the NMRS (NN 0584 7829). The survey identified two sites: a small 19th-century building (NN 0512 7702) and a borrow-pit (NN 0936 7517).
Full report lodged with the NMRS.
Sponsor: Team Aquarius
R Conolly 2001 (Headland Archaeology)
