Achateny

Achateny Scottish Gaelic: Ach an Teine
Near Achateny
Achateny Location within the Lochaber area
OS grid reference	NM520700
Council area	Highland
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Postcode district	PH36 4
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Ross, Skye and Lochaber
Scottish Parliament	Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch
List of places UK Scotland 56°45′20″N6°02′42″W / 56.755556°N 6.045000°W / 56.755556; -6.045000

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.

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

1. Microsoft; Nokia. "Achateny" (Map). Bing Maps . Microsoft. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
2. The Glasgow naturalist, Volume 20, Parts 1-5. Andersonian Naturalists of Glasgow, Natural History Society of Glasgow. 1980. pp. 314–18.