Achateny
Achateny (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.[1] To the east lies the village of Kilmory.
Achateny
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 Near Achateny | |
  Achateny Location within the Lochaber area | |
| OS grid reference | NM520700 |
| Council area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | PH36 4 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| UK Parliament | |
| Scottish Parliament | |
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.[2] The hamlet contains nothing more than a few scattered dwellings including a white cottage named "Caalmojo".
References
- Microsoft; Nokia (26 February 2017). "Achateny" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- The Glasgow naturalist, Volume 20, Parts 1-5. Andersonian Naturalists of Glasgow, Natural History Society of Glasgow. 1980. pp. 314–18.
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