Achateny

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56°45′20″N6°02′42″W / 56.755556°N 6.045000°W / 56.755556; -6.045000 Coordinates: 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".

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References

  1. Microsoft; Nokia (26 February 2017). "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.