Acharacle
Acharacle is a village on the landward end of the Ardnamurchan peninsula in the Scottish Highlands, at the foot of Loch Shiel. The ford referred to in the name spans the River Shiel, and, according to legend, was the site of a battle between Somerled and a Norwegian warrior named Torquil.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kentra and Salen.
Kentra
Hamlet
Kentra is a hamlet overlooking the east coast of Kentra Bay, on the north east end of the Ardnamurchan peninsula near Acharacle, Scottish Highlands. It is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Kentra is situated 2 miles west of Acharacle.
Salen
Village
Photo: Alan Reid, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Salen is a coastal village on the Ardnamurchan peninsula, overlooking Salen Bay which is an inlet of the sea loch, Loch Sunart. Located in the Scottish council area of Highland, it is on the road to Ardnamurchan Point, the most westerly point of mainland Britain. Salen is situated 2 miles south of Acharacle.
Resipole
Hamlet
Photo: Dave Fergusson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Resipole is a settlement on the Ardnamurchan peninsula in Highland, Scotland. Resipole is located on the A861 road on the northern shore of Loch Sunart. Resipole is situated 3½ miles southeast of Acharacle.
Acharacle
- Type: Village with 201 residents
- Description: human settlement in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.74344° or 56° 44′ 36″ northLongitude
-5.79547° or 5° 47′ 44″ westPopulation
201Elevation
26 feet (8 metres)Open location code
9C8PP6V3+9ROpenStreetMap ID
node 738034323OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2657749Wikidata ID
Q2545551
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Acharacle” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Acharacle”
- Cebuano: “Acharacle”
- Dutch: “Acharacle”
- French: “Acharacle”
- Irish: “Àth Tharracail”
- Polish: “Acharacle”
- Polish: “Áth Tharracail”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Àth Tharracail”
- Swedish: “Acharacle”
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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 “Acharacle”. Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.