Ach' An Todhair

Human settlement in Scotland

Ach An Todhair

Location within the Lochaber area

Highland

CountryScotlandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townFort WilliamPostcode districtPH33 6PoliceScotlandFire Scottish AmbulanceScottish UK Parliament

Ross, Skye and Lochaber

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Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch

List of places: UK; Scotland

56°48′00″N 5°08′09″W / 56.79997°N 5.13596°W / 56.79997; -5.13596

Ach' An Todhair is a small hamlet on the shore of Loch Linnhe in the Highland council area, Scotland. It is located along the A82 road directly south of Fort William.^[1] A bus serves the hamlet, connecting it to Fort William in the north and Corran and Inchree to the south. A number of graves of Clan Campbell are said to be located in this area of the lochside.^[2] It is mentioned in a poem in Hugh MacDiarmid's poetry collection The golden treasury of Scottish poetry which goes, "the sloucher of them was lying in Ach' an Todhair. Whoso climbed Tom na-h-aire ? Many were the new paws there badly salted, the death-cloud on their eyes, lifeless after being scourged with sword-blades".^[3]

A 174.86-hectare (432.1-acre) area of woodland near the hamlet has been designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).^[4] It was formerly part of the Loch Linnhe SSSI which was established in 1967.

References

^ Microsoft; Nokia (26 February 2017). "Ach' An Todhair" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
^ Campbell, Alastair (2002). A History of Clan Campbell: From Flodden to the Restoration. Edinburgh University Press. p. 231. ISBN 1-902930-18-5.
^ MacDiarmid, Hugh (1941). The golden treasury of Scottish poetry. Macmillan & co. ltd. p. 33.
^ "Site of Special Scientific Interest Ach' An Todhair". Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH). Retrieved 20 October 2010.