Achachork

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Achachork
Location within the Isle of Skye
OS grid reference NG480459
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Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Postcode district PH35
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57°25′59″N6°12′00″W / 57.433°N 6.200°W / 57.433; -6.200 Coordinates: 57°25′59″N6°12′00″W / 57.433°N 6.200°W / 57.433; -6.200

Achachork (Scottish Gaelic: Achadh a' Choirce) is a small village in the Scottish council area of the Highland. It is lies on the A855 road to the north of Portree in the east of the Isle of Skye. [1] Robert Forrester is documented as being in Achachork in 1666. [2]

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References

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  2. McKerral, Andrew (1948). Kintyre in the seventeenth century. Oliver and Boyd. p. 94.
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