Achachoish Plantation
Achachoish Plantation is a forest in Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland. Achachoish Plantation is situated nearby to the hamlet West Tarbert, as well as near Torinturk.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Avinagillan standing stone and Tarbert Castle.
Avinagillan standing stone
Photo: C Michael Hogan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Avinagillan standing stone is a prehistoric menhir on the Kintyre Peninsula of Scotland. The stone is near the hamlet of Avinagillan.
Tarbert Castle
Castle
Photo: Rtomandl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tarbert Castle is located on the southern shore of East Loch Tarbert, at Tarbert, Argyll, Scotland, at the north end of Kintyre. Tarbert Castle was a strategic royal stronghold during the Middle Ages and one of three castles at Tarbert.
Dùn a’ Choin Duibh
Archaeological site
Photo: Dan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dùn a' Choin Duibh is a hillfort located near Torinturk, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. According to the local shanachies, the fort is named after a black wolfhound which was half wolf, which defended the fort.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tarbert and Torinturk.
Tarbert
Photo: MSeses, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tarbert is a village in Argyll and Bute on the west coast of Scotland. An Tairbeart is a Gaelic term meaning "carry across", indicating an isthmus where small boats could be portaged from one body of water to another.
Torinturk
Hamlet
Photo: Steven Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Torinturk is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Torinturk is 5 miles from Tarbert. Torinturk comes from the Gaelic for the hill of the boar. This is where the last wild boar in Scotland was killed.
Whitehouse
Hamlet
Photo: Johnny Durnan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whitehouse is a hamlet on the Kintyre Peninsula in Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland. It is located around 5.5 miles southwest of Tarbert and around 25 miles north of Campbeltown.
Achachoish Plantation
- Type: Forest
- Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.8396° or 55° 50′ 22″ northLongitude
-5.4442° or 5° 26′ 39″ westOpen location code
9C7PRHQ4+R8OpenStreetMap ID
way 1279200355OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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Localities in the Area
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