Acharacle
Acharacle is a village in Ardnamurchan, Lochaber, within the county of Argyll. It remains in the Highland Council area of Scotland. The place name is made Àth Tharracail in Scottish Gaelic, and suggests "Tarracal's ford". The Gaelic place name is made up of 2 globe components: àth ("ford") and 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 practice noted in the 19th century, Torquil was the leader of a force of Norwegians that were sought 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 as well as its surrounding scenery make it a holiday location for hill climbers and conservationists. It has, among other resources, a little primary school with around 60 students, a resort (The Loch Shiel Resort), a garage, a baker's shop, fish and chip shop, coffee shop and also a grocery store store/post office as well as a medical professional's surgical treatment. Acharacle is about 3 miles (4.8 kilometres) from the Dorlin Beach, where the ruins of Castle Tioram lie. The populace is about 300. It is linked to the towns of Mallaig on the west coastline and also Ft William by a blended twin and also single track roadway to the villages north and also by road south as well as east and then ferry at Ardgour to Ft William as well as Oban. It is just one of the main centres for deer stalking on the Ardnamurchan peninsula. It supports salmon and trout fishing in Loch Shiel (based on regional fishing rights) as well as sea fishing from Loch Sunart which neighbors. Lamb farming as well as crofting are to be located in your area and also just recently a new distillery has been built close to the town. Shiel Buses solution public transportation to both Mallaig and Ft William.