Acharn
Acharn is a hamlet in the Kenmore parish of the Scottish council area of Perth and Kinross. It is situated on the south shore of Loch Tay close to its eastern end.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Acharn, Perth and Kinross”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Falls of Acharn and Fortingall Yew.
Fortingall Yew
Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Fortingall Yew is an ancient European yew in the churchyard of the village of Fortingall in Perthshire, Scotland. Considered one of the oldest trees in Britain, modern estimates place its age at an average of 5,000 years. Fortingall Yew is situated 2 miles northwest of Acharn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kenmore and Fearnan.
Kenmore
Village
Photo: Ksbrown, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kenmore is a small village in Perthshire, in the Highlands of Scotland, located where Loch Tay drains into the River Tay.
Fearnan
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fearnan is a small crofting village on the north shore of Loch Tay in Perthshire, Scotland. The village is known for Taymouth Castle, which is the birthplace of John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore. Fearnan is situated 2 miles west of Acharn.
Fortingall
Village
Photo: Dunpharlain, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fortingall is a small village in Glen Lyon, Perthshire, Scotland. Its nearest sizable neighbours are Aberfeldy and Kenmore. Local legend claims that it was the birthplace of Pontius Pilate, although he was born well before the Roman conquest and became famous in the biblical account of Jesus's death 30 years before the Romans first reached this part of Scotland. Fortingall is situated 2 miles northwest of Acharn.
Acharn
- Category: locality
- Location: Perth and Kinross, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.56978° or 56° 34′ 11″ northLongitude
-4.02639° or 4° 1′ 35″ westElevation
1,345 feet (410 metres)Open location code
9C8QHX9F+WCOpenStreetMap ID
node 1393073308OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Scottish Gaelic—“Acharn” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Acharn”
- Dutch: “Acharn”
- French: “Acharn”
- Irish: “Àth a‘ Chàirn”
- Irish: “Àth a’ Chàirn”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Acharn”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Ath a‘ Chàirn”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Àth a‘ Chàirn”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Àth a’ Chàirn”
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Notable Places Nearby
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Acharn”. Photo: RobChafer, Public domain.