Achnashellach Forest (
Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic ( gd, Gàidhlig ), also known as Scots Gaelic and Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a Goidelic language, Scottish Gaelic, as well a ...
: Ach nan Seileach field of the willows
) is a large area of the
Scottish Highlands
The Highlands ( sco, the Hielands; gd, a’ Ghàidhealtachd , 'the place of the Gaels') is a historical region of Scotland. Culturally, the Highlands and the Lowlands diverged from the Late Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland ...
lying between
Glen Carron
River Carron ( gd, Carrann, IPA: �kʰaᵲən̴̪ is a west coast river in Wester Ross, in the Highlands of Scotland. The river rises in Ledgowan Forest. It gathers its head-streams through Carron Bog, then enters Loch Scaven and flows out from the ...
and
Loch Monar
Loch Monar is a freshwater loch situated at the head of Glen Strathfarrar, in the West Highlands of Scotland. Since the 1960s, it has been dammed as part of the Affric-Beauly hydro-electric power scheme.
The loch is fed by a number of small bur ...
.
It is accessible from the
A890 road
List of A roads in zone 8 in Great Britain starting north of the A8 and west of the A9 (roads beginning with 8).
Single- and double-digit roads
Triple-digit roads
Four-digit roads
See also
* B roads in Zone 8 of the Great Britain number ...
, which runs through it and from
Achnashellach railway station
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, symbol = rail
, image = Achnashellach Station Nov2019.jpeg
, caption = Achnashellach station in November 2019
, borough = Achnashellach, Highland
, country = Scotland
, coordinates =
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.
External links
Website for visitors to the forest*
References
Geography of Highland (council area)
Forests and woodlands of Scotland
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