 It is located 30 miles from the main town and port of Oban, connected by the villages of Kilchrenan and Taynuilt.The name "Dalavich" is Gaelic in origin and means "meadows/valley of the River Avich".A hamlet since the 18th century, the village was developed in its current form by the Forestry Commission in 1952 to facilitate timber operations in the surrounding Inverliever forest.