Achnahannet, Strathspey

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57°19′26″N3°42′01″W / 57.32397°N 3.70035°W / 57.32397; -3.70035

Achnahannet (Scottish Gaelic : Achadh na h-Annaid) [1] is a hamlet located northwest of Dulnain Bridge, and three and a half miles west-south-west of Grantown-on-Spey, [2] in the historical county of Morayshire, now in the Highland Council area, Scotland. Historically it belonged to the parish of Cromdale. [3]

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The name, recorded as Auchnahannatt in 1589, means 'field of the mother church', from the Gaelic words achadh 'field' na h- 'of the' and annaid 'mother church, early church. [4] [3] An old chapel and a well named Tobar an Domhnaich is located nearby. [3]

Geography

Achnahannet Burn flows in the area; it is a tributary of the River Dulnain. [5] The land westward from Achnahannet to Lynmore contains a belt of morainic sands and gravels between the River Dulnain terraces. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Microsoft; Nokia. "Achnahannet" (Map). Bing Maps . Microsoft. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  2. ↑ Groome, Francis Hindes (1895). Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland: a survey of Scottish topography, statistical, biographical, and historical. W. Mackenzie. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 Watson, William John (1973). The history of the Celtic place-names of Scotland. Irish University Press.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Reid, William (1900). Grantown and the adjacent country: a guide to Strathspey. Angus Stuart.
  6. ↑ Annual report. Macaulay Institute for Soil Research. 1965.
  7. ↑ Aberd bookeen-angus herd. 1965.


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