Achiemore

Achiemore was a crofting community located on the peninsula near the village of in the Scottish county of . The hamlet is just south of the farmstead of Daill on the western shore of the .
Wikipedia
Photo: RH Dengate, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Hamlet
  • Description: hamlet in Durness, Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Achiemore, Durness” and “An t-Achadh Mòr”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Balnakeil Church and Balnakeil Mill.

Church
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is situated 2 miles east of Achiemore.

Watermill
Photo: Donald H Bain, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a watermill, which is situated 2 miles east of Achiemore.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Balnakeil and Durness.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet in the parish of , , , and is in the council area of Highland. It is on the north coast of Scotland around 3⁄4 mile northwest of Durness. is situated 2 miles east of Achiemore.

Photo: Florian Fuchs, CC BY 3.0.
is a village in on the far north coast of Scotland, with a population of 347 in 2011. Most of the terrain of this region is impermeable gneiss, carpeted by boggy heathland.

Locality
Photo: RH Dengate, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a ruined village within the parish of , in the county of , in the far north of the Highlands of . is situated 5 miles east of Achiemore.

Achiemore

Latitude
58.56838° or 58° 34′ 6″ north
Longitude
-4.8202° or 4° 49′ 13″ west
Open location code
9CCQH59H+9W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 925447727
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Wiki­data ID
Q2266828
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Achiemore” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Achiemore”
  • Breton: “An t-Achadh Mòr”
  • Cornish: “An t-Achadh Mòr”
  • Dutch: “Achiemore”
  • Irish: “An t-Achadh Mòr”
  • Manx: “An t-Achadh Mòr”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “An t-Achadh Mòr”
  • Welsh: “An t-Achadh Mòr”
  • “Achiemore”
  • “Achiemore - An t-Achadh Mòr”
  • “An t-Achadh Mòr”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Balnakiel Gloup Cave and Beinn an Amair.

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