Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland

ACHINDARACH
Eices and encinctured by morass; seems once to have
een of considerable extent, with outhouses for re-
tainers, and a large quadrangular main building, with
a turret at each angle, but consists now chiefly of parts
rf the walls, from 10 to 15 feet thick, and of one of the
turrets in a good state of preservation. Held, and, it
may be, built, by Eandolph, Earl of Moray, and regent
of Scotland (d. 1332), it passed to the Douglases of
Morton, and is now the property of William Younger,
Esq. His splendid seat, the modern castle of Achincass,
is a structure of considerable extent, and splendidly
situated on a rising-ground near the Evan Water. Hogg
makes Achincass the residence of William Wilkin, the
famous Annandale warlock :
4 To Auchin Castle Wilkin hied,
On Evau banks sae green,
And lived and died like other men,
For aught that could be seen.*
Achindarach, a place in Appin, Argyllshire, near Bal-
lachulish.
Achindavy. See Auchendavy.
Achinduin. See Achandtjiit.
Achingale, a hamlet in Watten parish, Caithness, 8i
miles W of Wick.
AcTiirhew, a place at the S end of the island of
Arran.
Achinlaich, an ancient fortification, on a hill-top,, hi
Callander parish, Perthshire. The hill is planted, and
the ditch and mound of the fortification on its top are
very distinct.
Achintoul. See Auchintoul.
Achiries. See Atjchiwes.
Achleck, a rivulet with a picturesque waterfall in
Morvern parish, Argyllshire.
Achleeks. See Atjchleeks.
Aeliline or Auehlyne, an estate, with a mansion, in
Killin parish, Perthshire, on the river Dochart, 6J miles
NW of Loehearnhead.
Achlishie, an estate in Kirriemuir parish, Forfarshire.
A cave is here in which a currach and some querns were
found.
Achluacirrach, a hamlet in the SW of Inverness-shire,
on the river Spean, under Ben Nevis. 11 J miles ENE of
Fort William. It has a post office' with money order
and savings bank departments.
Achmelvich. See Asstnt.
Achmerrel, a place in Watten parish, Caithness, 10?,
miles W of Wick.
Acfcmithie. See Auchmithie.
Achmo re, a district of Kenmore parish, Perthshire, ad-
jacent to Killin, and extending thence 2 miles eastward
along the river Dochart and Loch Tay. It is chiefly
pastoral, but has a considerable amount of wood. Ach-
rnore House (Earl of Breadalbane), in a fine park, was
converted about 1873 from ' a nice little cottage ' into a
stately chateau. The Queen rowed up to it from Tay-
mouth, 10 Sept. 1812.
Achnacarry, the estate of Cameron of Lochiel, in
Kilmallie parish, Inverness-shire, extends from Loch
Archaio to Loch Lochy, on either side of the river
Archaig, 12 miles NNE of its post-town, Fort William.
It came about 1664 into undisputed possession of Sir
Ewan Cameron (1629-1719), the 'Ulysses of the High-
lands,' but was forfeited by his grandson Donald, the
'Gentle Lochiel,' for his share in the '45, and not
restored to the family till 1784. Part of the ruined
castle, burnedby Cumberland'stroops, remains; and close
to it is the modern Achnacarry House, which, with its
noble avenue of ancient plane-trees and its wooded hills,
Prince Charles's lurking-place in the August after Cullo-
den, is one of the loveliest of Highland seats.
Achnacloish, a picturesque small lake, in a small
secluded glen, in Rosskeen parish, Ross-shire.
Achnacrag, a hamlet in Latheron parish, Caithness,
on the coast, 4J miles SSW of Berriedale.
Achnacraig or Auchnaeraig, a hamlet in Torosay
parish island of Mull, Argyllshire, on the coast, at
Loch Don, 84 miles W by N of Oban. It has a post
omco with money order, savings' bank, and telegraph
ACHRAY
departments, under Oban, an inn, and a small harbour ;
and was formerly the ferry-station of Mull, first to the
opposite island of Kerrera, a distance of about i\ miles,
and thence to the mainland near Oban, a distance of 4
miles. Great numbers of black cattle were conveyed
from it for the lowland markets; and at one time those
also from Coll and Tiree were landed on the further side
of Mull, and here reshipped.
Achnacroish, an estate, with a mansion of 1859, on
the E side of Mull, 3 miles N by W of Achnacraig.
Achnacy, a hamlet in the NW of Aberdeenshire, 4J
miles N of Huntly.
Achnadavel, a place in the SW of Inverness-shire,
7 miles NE of Fort William.
Achnagart, a place in Kincardine parish, Ross-shire.
Achnagol, a hamlet in Inverary parish, Argyllshire,
4 miles SSW of Inverary town. A cairn here, 130 feet
long, was excavated in 1871, and yielded human bones,
pottery, weapons, etc.
Achnahannet, a place in the SW of Elginshire, 3J
miles WSW of Grantown.
Achnahannet, a hamlet, with a public school, in
Kincardine parish, Ross-shire.
Achnahowie, a lake in the W of Sutherland, in the
upper basin of the Helmsdale river, 9 miles NW of
Kildonan.
Achnaiken, a place in the W of Sutherland, on Elles-
water, 7 miles NNW of Kildonan.
Achnarrow, a hamlet in Glenlivet quoad sacra parish,
Banffshire. It has a girls' school.
Achnastank, a place in the highlands of Elginshire,
near the E base of Ben Rinnes, 5 miles SSW of Dufftown.
Achnavarn, a ruined ancient castle, near Loch Calder,
in the NW of Halkirk parish, Caithness. Its strength
appears to have been great, but its origin is not re-
corded.
Achollies, a place in Fetteresso parish, Kincardineshire,
on a branch of the river Cowie, 5J miles WNW of Stone-
haven.
Acholter, a place in the island of Bute, 2J miles NW
of Rothesay.
Achosnich, a place with a post office under Salen, in
Ardnamurehan parish, Argyllshire. The public school,
with accommodation for 67 children, had (1891) an
average attendance of 37, and a grant of £44, 17s. 4d.
Achrannie, a double cataract on the river Isla, in the
W of Forfarshire, on the mutual boundary of Glenisla
and Lintrathen parishes, about 2 miles below the Reeky
Linn. The upper cataract occurs in a stupendous chasm,
scarcely more than 9 feet in width, flanked by mural
precipices of great height, surmounted by a profusion of
trees ; and it descends a steep broken channel, in deep
boiling flood, and curling wreaths of foam, with roaring
noise and impetuous power. The lower cataract is of
similar character, but of less force.
Achray (Gael, achadh-reidh, 'smooth field'), a 'lovely
loch ' of SW Perthshire, lies on the mutual boundary of
Callander and Aberfoyle parishes, 7 J miles W by S of Cal-
lander, and midway between Lochs Katrine and Venachar,
its distance from each being about 1 mile. By the former
it is fed through Achray Water, to the latter it sends
off the Dubh Abhainn, belonging thus to the basin of
the Teith. From W to E 1J mile long, and from 2 to 3
furlongs broad, it is bounded at its head by the Trossaehs,
flanked on their left hand by Ben Venue (2393 feet), and
on their right by Meall Gainmheich (1851 feet), whilst
in the NE ' Benledi's distant hill ' rises to a height of
2875 feet. On the northern shore are a little church, a
manse, and the castellated Trossaehs Hotel, connected
with Callander by telegraph ; the farm of Achray stands
at the SW angle, on the level patch that gave the loch
its name. There are boats ; and the fishing (trout, sal-
mon-trout, pike, and perch) is good, and open to the pub-
lic. The Lady of the Lake (1810) has made tho world
familiar with Achray's beauties, so sweet and lonely
in its ' copsewood grey : ' but others than Scott had
found those beauties out — Coleridge, and Wordsworth,
and his sister Dorothy. The last in her Journal (27 Aug.
1803) describes the lake as ' small compared with Loch
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