Township: Balephetrish

Map Reference: Balephetrish 63

Name Type: hill

Meaning: Hill of Balephetrish

Other Forms: Ben Balephetrish - The Turnbull Map of Tiree 1768 and accompanying survey text.

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Information:The old folks said there was a "seam of coal" behind this hill - Donald MacIntyre, Gott, 12/1995.

The places where cailleacha sìth (fairy hags) were seen were at streams and pools of water on Druim Buidhe, the links of Kennavara and the bend of the hill (lùbadh na beinne) at Balephetrish. They have long since disappeared, the islanders having become too busy to attend to them. The Gaelic Otherworld, ed Ronald Black, p56.


See Beinn Ghot for the story of the radar station buildings. These were taken over by the Hebridean Bulb Growers in the 1960s.

Local Form:

Languages : Gaelic

Informants: The Turnbull Map of Tiree 1768 and accompanying survey text.