Achterneed Level Crossing

Achterneed Level Crossing is a level crossing in Highland Council, Scotland. Achterneed Level Crossing is situated nearby to Castle Leod, as well as near the peak Knockfarrel.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Castle Leod and Highland Museum of Childhood.

Castle Leod

Castle

Photo: Colin Hepburn, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Castle Leod is the seat of the Clan Mackenzie. It is a category A listed building, and the grounds are listed in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes of Scotland, the national listing of significant gardens. Castle Leod is situated 2,000 feet southwest of Achterneed Level Crossing.

Highland Museum of Childhood

Museum

Strathpeffer railway station was a railway station serving the town of Strathpeffer in the county of Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. The first station was located some distance from the town, on the Dingwall and Skye Railway line, and was opened in 1870. Highland Museum of Childhood is situated 1 mile south of Achterneed Level Crossing.

Knockfarrel

Peak

Photo: sylvia duckworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Knockfarrel is a rural settlement, 1 mile east of Strathpeffer, in Dingwall in Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Achterneed and Strathpeffer.

Achterneed

Hamlet

Photo: Brian MacLennan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Achterneed, also spelled Auchterneed, is a village in Highland, Scotland, lies within the environs of Castle Leod, seat of the Earl of Cromartie, 1-mile north of Strathpeffer.

Strathpeffer

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Strathpeffer is a village in Easter Ross in the Scottish Highlands, with a population of 1040 in 2020. It has sulphurous springs and grew up in the 19th century as a spa resort, served by a branch railway line.

Fodderty

Hamlet

Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Fodderty is a small hamlet, close to Dingwall, Ross-shire in the Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. The small hamlet of Bottacks is located 1 mile to the west, and just to the east is Brae or Brea, formed in 1777 from the lands of Davochcarn, Davochmaluag and Davochpollo.

Achterneed Level Crossing

Type: Level crossing
Category: transportation
Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.60275° or 57° 36′ 10″ north

Longitude

-4.52859° or 4° 31′ 43″ west

Open location code

9C9QJF3C+4H

OpenStreetMap ID

node 388356283

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=level_crossing

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