Achuvoldrach

Achuvoldrach is a locality in Highland Council, Scotland. Achuvoldrach is situated nearby to the neighborhood Midtown, as well as near the village Tongue.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Castle Varrich and St Andrew’s Church, Tongue.

Castle Varrich

Castle

Castle Varrich is a castle in the far north of the Scottish Highlands, near the village of Tongue. The castle is on a local high point of rock, overlooking both the Kyle of Tongue and the village of Tongue.

St Andrew’s Church, Tongue

Church

Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Andrew’s Church, Tongue is situated 2 miles southeast of Achuvoldrach.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tongue and Braetongue.

Tongue

Village

Photo: Florian Fuchs, CC BY 3.0.

Tongue is a coastal village in northwest Highland, Scotland, in the western part of the former county of Sutherland. It lies on the east shore above the base of the Kyle of Tongue and north of the mountains Ben Hope and Ben Loyal on the A836. Tongue is situated 2 miles southeast of Achuvoldrach.

Braetongue

Hamlet

Braetongue is an area in northern Sutherland just north of the town of Tongue. Runrig mentions the "hills about Brae Tongue" in the song The Summer Walkers. Braetongue is situated 2½ miles southeast of Achuvoldrach.

Coldbackie

Village

Photo: Dorcas Sinclair, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Coldbackie is a crofting township in Sutherland and is in the Scottish council area of Highland Scotland. Coldbackie is situated 3 miles east of Achuvoldrach.

Achuvoldrach

Type: Locality
Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

58.4946° or 58° 29′ 41″ north

Longitude

-4.45713° or 4° 27′ 26″ west

Elevation

66 feet (20 metres)

Open location code

9CCQFGVV+R4

OpenStreetMap ID

node 9218992422

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

GeoNames ID

13283136

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