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Achnashellach
  • Scottish Gaelic: Achadh nan Seileach
Achnashellach is located in Highland
Achnashellach
Achnashellach
Location within the Highland council area
OS grid referenceNH006470
Council area
  • Highland
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Postcode districtIV54 8
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
  • Ross, Skye and Lochaber
Scottish Parliament
  • Caithness, Sutherland and Ross
List of places
UK
Scotland
57°28′10″N 5°19′35″W / 57.46933°N 5.32631°W / 57.46933; -5.32631

Achnashellach (Gaelic: Achadh nan Seileach[1][2]) is an area in Wester Ross in the Highlands of Scotland, and within the Highland council area. It is at the eastern end of Loch Dùghaill, and on the A890 road. It has a railway station on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line.

The name is from the Gaelic for 'field of the willows'.[2] It is recorded in 1584 as Auchinsellach.[3]

The Battle of Achnashellach is said to have taken place in 1505.

  1. ^ Microsoft; Nokia. "Achnashellach" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Place name database - Achnashellach". Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba. Retrieved 19 April 2011.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Grant, Alison (2010). Macleod, Iseabail (ed.). The Pocket Guide to Scottish Place-Names. Glasgow: Richard Drew Ltd. p. 24. ISBN 978-1-899471-00-3. OCLC 759569647.

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