Achateny Explained

Country:Scotland
Official Name:Achateny
Gaelic Name:Ach an Teine
Static Image:Minor road to Branault - geograph.org.uk - 104648.jpg
Static Image Width:250px
Static Image Caption:Near Achateny
Os Grid Reference:NM520700
Map Type:Lochaber
Coordinates:56.7556°N -6.045°W
Unitary Scotland:Highland
Constituency Westminster:Ross, Skye and Lochaber
Constituency Scottish Parliament:Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch
Postcode District:PH36 4
Postcode Area:PH

Achateny (Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: Ach/Achadh an Teine) is a hamlet in Argyll on Ardnamurchan in the Scottish Highlands. It is in the Scottish council area of the Highland, near Branault, along a country lane off the B8007 road several hundred metres from the coast. To the east lies the village of Kilmory.

Trees in the area include typical highland birch wood, oaks and rowans and a damp rocky and mossy substrate supporting ferns. Shell sand is also present Achateny with sand dunes. The low-lying land to the west of Achateny is bog.[1] The hamlet contains nothing more than a few scattered dwellings including a white cottage named "Caalmojo".

Notes and References

  1. Book: The Glasgow naturalist, Volume 20, Parts 1-5. Andersonian Naturalists of Glasgow, Natural History Society of Glasgow. 314–18. 1980.