Achnairn

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Achnairn
Gaelic: Achadh an Fheàrna
Sutherland
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Achnairn
Location
Grid reference: NC554128
Location: 58°4’51"N, 4°27’12"W
Data
Post town: Lairg
Postcode: IV27
Local Government
Council: Highland
Parliamentary
constituency:
Caithness, Sutherland
and Easter Ross

Achnairn is a village in Sutherland, standing on the east side of Loch Shin, four miles north of Lairg (the village at the southern end of the loch). It is within the parish of Shinness. Immediately south-east is a hamlet equally small: Achfrish.

Hut circles on the slopes hereabouts testify to ancient occupation, and a monument stands in the wood. Modernity it catered for with a campsite by Achnairn. There is little else to be seen, though in such a landscape no more should be asked.

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