Place:Achduart, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland

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NameAchduart
TypeVillage
Coordinates57.98°N 5.299°W
Located inRoss and Cromarty, Scotland     (1890 - 1975)
Also located inCromartyshire, Scotland     ( - 1890)
Highland Region, Scotland     (1975 - 1996)
Highland (council area), Scotland     (1996 - )
See alsoLochbroom, Ross and Cromarty, Scotlandparish in which it is located
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Achduart (Gaelic: 'Achadh Dhubhaird'[1]) is a coastal hamlet in Coigach, Wester Ross in northwestern Scotland, now within the Highland council area. It is situated about 4 km southeast of the village of Achiltibuie, at the end of a minor road. A footpath continues on to the hamlet of Culnacraig, then along the coast past Ben More Coigach to Strathcanaird. Achduart has accommodation facilities for tourists, who come for its proximity to the sea and its seclusion and remoteness. There is a hostel in Acheninver, a short distance to the north, formerly run by the Scottish Youth Hostels Association. The name of Achduart comes from the Gaelic for "the field at the black headland". Achduart was part of the Estate of Coigach, Lochbroom, belonging to the Countess of Cromartie.

The dominant geographical feature in the area is Cairn Conmheall, which rises to 541 metres.

Coigach was one of the detached sections that made up Cromartyshire prior to 1890 when it joined Ross-shire to create the county of Ross and Cromarty.

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Some Coigach Genealogy is a website completely devoted to Coigach and the families who lived there.

For further research tips see the parish of Lochbroom.


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