Acharacle
Acharacle is a town in Ardnamurchan, Lochaber, within the area of Argyll. It is in the Highland Council area of Scotland. The place name is made Àth Tharracail in Scottish Gaelic, as well as indicates "Tarracal's ford". The Gaelic place name is composed of two globe aspects: àth ("ford") as well as the personal name Tarracal. This personal name is cognate to the Scottish Gaelic Torcall as well as the English Torquil, which are derived from the Old Norse Þorketill. According to Moidart practice noted in the 19th century, Torquil was the leader of a force of Norwegians that were gone after by Somerled, as well as made a final stand at the waterfront below Acharacle Manse, where they were slaughtered. Acharacle rests on the western end of Loch Shiel and also its surrounding views make it a vacation destination for hillside mountain climbers as well as biologists. It has, to name a few resources, a small primary school with around 60 students, a hotel (The Loch Shiel Resort), a garage, a baker's store, fish and chip store, coffee shop and also a grocery store store/post workplace along with a medical professional's surgical treatment. Acharacle is about 3 miles (4.8 kilometres) from the Dorlin Coastline, where the ruins of Castle Tioram lie. The populace is about 300. It is linked to the communities of Mallaig on the west coastline and also Ft William by a mixed double and also single track road to the villages north as well as by roadway south and also east and after that ferry at Ardgour to Ft William and also Oban. It is one of the main centres for deer tracking on the Ardnamurchan peninsula. It supports salmon and also trout angling in Loch Shiel (based on local fishing rights) and also sea fishing from Loch Sunart which is nearby. Sheep farming and also crofting are to be found locally as well as just recently a new distillery has actually been built close to the town. Shiel Buses solution public transport to both Mallaig and also Ft William.
