Balloch Village

Local history of the village and area

Read a history of Balloch and the surrounding area.

There also pictures in the gallery

Probable Gaelic meanings of place names in and around Balloch.

The Balloch Cairns

Ploughing Matches

Culloden Brick and Tileworks

Places of historic interest around Balloch

Maps of the area

Great whisky story

Please take time and have a look at this - a terrific story of illicit distilling in Balloch around the year 1800, kindly added by permission of Mairead Ramsay.

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This section of the web-site will be developed to include photo and audio archives of Old Balloch, currently work is on-going to discover as much as possible from anyone who has material or memories of the village..
Can you help?

• We need material for copying;

1. Photographs of old Balloch
2. Newspaper clippings
3. Programmes, tickets etc.
4. Maps

All originals will of course be returned.

• Do you have local knowledge?

We would really welcome the opportunity to talk with anyone who has knowledge of old Balloch.  Personal histories will give us a much better insight into how things have changed.  Even 5 minutes of your time would be greatly appreciated.   

 

Please contact BVT b.v.t@btinternet.com.