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Achnahannet is located in Badenoch and StrathspeyAchnahannetAchnahannetLocation within the Badenoch and Strathspey area
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57°19′26″N 3°42′01″W / 57.32397°N 3.70035°W / 57.32397; -3.70035

Achnahannet (Scottish Gaelic: Achadh na h-Annaid) is a hamlet located northwest of Dulnain Bridge, and three and a half miles west-south-west of Grantown-on-Spey, in the historical county of Morayshire, now in the Highland Council area, Scotland. Historically it belonged to the parish of Cromdale.

The name, recorded as Auchnahannatt in 1589, means 'field of the mother church', from the Gaelic words achadh 'field' na h- 'of the' and annaid 'mother church, early church. An old chapel and a well named Tobar an Domhnaich is located nearby.

Geography

Achnahannet Burn flows in the area; it is a tributary of the River Dulnain. The land westward from Achnahannet to Lynmore contains a belt of morainic sands and gravels between the River Dulnain terraces.

Notable people

References

  1. Microsoft; Nokia. "Achnahannet" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  2. Groome, Francis Hindes (1895). Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland: a survey of Scottish topography, statistical, biographical, and historical. W. Mackenzie. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
  3. ^ Watson, William John (1973). The history of the Celtic place-names of Scotland. Irish University Press.
  4. Grant, Alison (2010). Macleod, Iseabail (ed.). The Pocket Guide to Scottish Place-Names. Glasgow: Richard Drew Ltd. p. 24. ISBN 978-1-899471-00-3. OCLC 759569647.
  5. Reid, William (1900). Grantown and the adjacent country: a guide to Strathspey. Angus Stuart.
  6. Annual report. Macaulay Institute for Soil Research. 1965.
  7. Aberd bookeen-angus herd. 1965.


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