world.wikisort.org - United_KingdomAcharacle (, Scottish Gaelic: Àth Tharracail) is a village in Ardnamurchan, Lochaber, within the county of Argyll. It is in the Highland Council area of Scotland.
Human settlement in Scotland
Acharacle- Scottish Gaelic: Àth Tharracail
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Acharacle Pier and Loch Shiel |
Location within the Lochaber area |
Population | 201 |
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OS grid reference | NM678679 |
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Country | Scotland |
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Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
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Post town | ACHARACLE |
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Postcode district | PH36 |
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Dialling code | 01967 |
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Police | Scotland |
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Fire | Scottish |
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Ambulance | Scottish |
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Scottish Parliament | - Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch
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56.745°N 5.802°W / 56.745; -5.802 |
The place name is rendered Àth Tharracail in Scottish Gaelic, and means "Tarracal's ford". The Gaelic place name is composed of two world elements: àth ("ford") and the personal name Tarracal. This personal name is cognate to the Scottish Gaelic Torcall and the English Torquil,[1][2] which are derived from the Old Norse Þorketill.[3] According to Moidart tradition noted in the 19th century, Torquil was the leader of a force of Norse who were pursued by Somerled, and made a final stand at the riverside below Acharacle Manse, where they were slain.[4]
References
- Acharacle, Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba, retrieved 16 May 2013.
- Mills, Anthony David, ed. (2003), Oxford dictionary of British place names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-852758-9. – via Google Books
- Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006), A dictionary of first names, Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.), Oxford University Press, pp. 263, 397, 410, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1.
- Henderson, Angus (1916), "Ardnamurchan place-names", in Carmichael, E. C. (ed.), The Celtic Review, vol. 10, William Hodge and Company, pp. 149–168.
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