Acharacle
Acharacle is a town in Ardnamurchan, Lochaber, within the county of Argyll. It remains in the Highland Council location of Scotland. The place name is rendered Àth Tharracail in Scottish Gaelic, and indicates "Tarracal's ford". The Gaelic name is composed of 2 globe elements: àth ("ford") and also 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 custom kept in mind in the 19th century, Torquil was the leader of a pressure of Norwegians that were pursued by Somerled, as well as made a final stand at the riverside below Acharacle Manse, where they were slaughtered. Acharacle lies on the western end of Loch Shiel as well as its surrounding surroundings make it a holiday location for hillside mountain climbers and also biologists. It has, to name a few sources, a little primary school with around 60 students, a resort (The Loch Shiel Resort), a garage, a baker's store, fish and also chip shop, coffee shop and a grocery store/post office in addition to a medical professional's surgery. Acharacle is about 3 miles (4.8 kilometres) from the Dorlin Beach, where the ruins of Castle Tioram lie. The population is about 300. It is linked to the towns of Mallaig on the west coastline and also Fort William by a combined twin and single track road to the towns north and by roadway south and east and after that ferry at Ardgour to Ft William and also Oban. It is among the primary centres for deer tracking on the Ardnamurchan peninsula. It sustains salmon as well as trout fishing in Loch Shiel (subject to neighborhood fishing civil liberties) as well as sea fishing from Loch Sunart which neighbors. Sheep farming and crofting are to be found locally and also recently a new distillery has been built near to the village. Shiel Buses solution public transport to both Mallaig and Fort William.