Acharacle is a town in Ardnamurchan, Lochaber, within the county of Argyll. It remains in the Highland Council area of Scotland. The name is provided Àth Tharracail in Scottish Gaelic, as well as implies "Tarracal's ford". The Gaelic place name is made up of two world components: àth ("ford") as well as the personal name Tarracal. This personal name is cognate to the Scottish Gaelic Torcall and the English Torquil, which are stemmed from the Old Norse Þorketill. According to Moidart tradition kept in mind in the 19th century, Torquil was the leader of a pressure of Norwegians who were pursued by Somerled, as well as made a last stand at the waterfront below Acharacle Manse, where they were slaughtered. Acharacle lies on the western end of Loch Shiel and also its surrounding scenery make it a vacation location for hillside climbers and conservationists. It has, among other sources, a small primary school with about 60 students, a resort (The Loch Shiel Resort), a garage, a baker's store, fish and chip store, coffee shop and a grocery store/post office in addition to a physician's surgery. Acharacle is about 3 miles (4.8 kilometres) from the Dorlin Beach, where the ruins of Castle Tioram lie. The populace has to do with 300. It is connected to the towns of Mallaig on the west coastline and Fort William by a blended double as well as solitary track roadway to the towns north and by road south and also east and then ferry at Ardgour to Fort William as well as Oban. It is one of the major centres for deer stalking on the Ardnamurchan peninsula. It sustains salmon and trout fishing in Loch Shiel (subject to neighborhood angling rights) and also sea fishing from Loch Sunart which is nearby. Sheep farming and also crofting are to be found locally as well as recently a new distillery has actually been built near to the town. Shiel Buses service public transportation to both Mallaig and Ft William.