Loch Achnamoine
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Loch Achnamoine is a small mountain loch in Sutherland, on the course of the River Helmsdale. The nearest settlement to it is Kinbrace, a small village two and a half miles to the east along a small country road.
The name derives from the Gaelic elements "achadh" and "mòine", meaning "Lake of the Peat-field".[1]
Loch Achnamoine is a drift dam, formed from the last Ice Age.[2] The loch was the site of several biological surveys in the 1990s, identifying several species of xanthidium in its waters[3]
Location
- Location map: 58°15’44"N, 4°1’44"W
- Streetmap: NC810321
References
- ↑ "The Gaelic origins of place names in Britain" (in en-gb). https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/guides/the-gaelic-origins-of-place-names-in-britain/.
- ↑ (in en) Memoirs of the Geological Society of Great Britain: Explanation of Sheet. Scotland. H.M. Stationery Office. 1931. https://books.google.com/books?id=_m8Gt5uUVUIC&q=loch+achnamoine.
- ↑ (in en) Archiv Für Hydrobiologie: Monographische Beiträge. E. Schweizerbart. 1995. https://books.google.com/books?id=xKAWAQAAIAAJ&q=loch+achnamoine.
