Achnahaird
Achnahaird is a small settlement on Achnahaird Bay in Ross and Cromarty, in the Scottish council area of Highland. The beach at Achnahaird Bay was used in the filming of 'The Eagle'.Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in Chromartyshire, Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Achadh na h-Àirde”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Loch Vatachan and Loch Osgaig.
Loch Vatachan
Lake
Loch Vatachan or more correctly in Gaelic Loch Bhatachan is a freshwater loch in Wester Ross, Scotland, just over a kilometre north of Achiltibuie. The name is an Anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic bhàthaichean, meaning "of the byre" i.e. Loch Vatachan is situated 1½ miles southeast of Achnahaird.
Loch Osgaig
Lake
Loch Osgaig is a small remote and deep freshwater loch, orientated on north-west to south-east axis, that is located 1 miles south of Enard Bay and 2 mile northeast of Achiltibuie and immediately north west of Loch Bad a' Ghaill. Loch Osgaig is situated 2½ miles east of Achnahaird.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Coigach and Altandhu.
Coigach
Locality
Photo: paddy heron, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Coigach is a peninsula north of Ullapool, in Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. The area consists of a traditional crofting and fishing community of a couple of hundred houses located between mountain and shore on a peninsula looking over the Summer Isles and the sea.
Altandhu
Village
Altandhu is a small hamlet, overlooking the sea loch, Loch an Alltain Duibh to the west, on the western shore of the Rubha Mor Peninsula, in the Achiltibuie area, in Ullapool, Ross-shire, Scotland, within the Scottish council area of Highland.
Polbain
Village
Photo: Ann Hodgson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Polbain is a remote crofting township, located on the north Badentarbat Bay on the west coast of Scotland, in western Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Polbain is situated 2 miles south of Achnahaird.
Achnahaird
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
58.06536° or 58° 3′ 55″ northLongitude
-5.37783° or 5° 22′ 40″ westOpen location code
9CCP3J8C+4VOpenStreetMap ID
node 2116638630OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletWikidata ID
Q2435543
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Achnahaird” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Achnahaird”
- Breton: “Achadh na h-Àirde”
- Cornish: “Achadh na h-Àirde”
- Dutch: “Achnahaird”
- Irish: “Achadh na h-Áirde”
- Irish: “Achadh na h-Àirde”
- Manx: “Achadh na h-Àirde”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Achadh na h-Àirde”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Achnahaird”
- Welsh: “Achadh na h-Àirde”
- Welsh: “Achnahaird”
- “Achnahaird - Achadh na h-Àirde”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Brae of Achnahaird, dun and Loch na Beiste.
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