Acharacle
Acharacle is a village in Ardnamurchan, Lochaber, within the area of Argyll. It is in the Highland Council location of Scotland. The place name is made Àth Tharracail in Scottish Gaelic, and indicates "Tarracal's ford". The Gaelic name is composed of 2 globe elements: àth ("ford") and the personal name Tarracal. This personal name is cognate to the Scottish Gaelic Torcall as well as the English Torquil, which are stemmed from the Old Norse Þorketill. According to Moidart custom noted in the 19th century, Torquil was the leader of a pressure of Norwegians that were pursued by Somerled, and also made a final stand at the waterfront listed below Acharacle Manse, where they were slaughtered. Acharacle pushes the western end of Loch Shiel as well as its surrounding scenery make it a holiday location for hillside climbers as well as conservationists. It has, to name a few sources, a little primary school with around 60 pupils, a resort (The Loch Shiel Hotel), a garage, a baker's store, fish and also chip store, cafe as well as a grocery store store/post office as well as a doctor's surgical treatment. Acharacle is about 3 miles (4.8 km) 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 Ft William by a mixed double and single track road to the villages north as well as by road southern and also east and after that ferry at Ardgour to Ft William and Oban. It is among the primary centres for deer tracking on the Ardnamurchan peninsula. It sustains salmon and also trout fishing in Loch Shiel (based on neighborhood angling legal rights) and also sea angling from Loch Sunart which neighbors. Lamb farming as well as crofting are to be found locally and also recently a new distillery has been built close to the town. Shiel Buses solution public transport to both Mallaig as well as Ft William.
