Acharn
Acharn is a locality in Highland Council, Scotland. Acharn is situated nearby to the locality Claggan, as well as near the hamlet Achranich.Places of Interest
Highlights include Kinlochaline Castle.
Kinlochaline Castle
Castle
Photo: L J Cunningham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kinlochaline Castle is a 15th-century Scottish tower house on the Ardtornish estate in Morvern in the Highland council area. It is also known as Caisteal an Ime because a Lady of Clan MacInnes, Dubh Chal, is said to have paid the builder with butter equal to the volume of the castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lochaline.
Lochaline
Village
Photo: JMiall, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lochaline is the main village in the Morvern area of Highland, Scotland. Historian ‘Philip Gaskell’ records that, at the time of the Highland Clearances, in about 1830, John Sinclair of Lochaline founded Lochaline village. Lochaline is situated 3½ miles southwest of Acharn.
Acharn
- Type: Locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.58333° or 56° 35′ northLongitude
-5.73333° or 5° 44′ westElevation
207 feet (63 metres)Open location code
9C8PH7M8+8MGeoNames ID
2657747
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In Other Languages
“Acharn” goes by many names.
- Scottish Gaelic: “Àird Tòirinis”
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