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Achiemore was a crofting community located on the Cape Wrath peninsula near the village of
Royal Commission on the ancient and historical monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 2013-02-08.Kyle of Durness
Royal Commission on the ancient and historical monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 2013-02-08. Quarries alongside the road at both Achiemore and Daill were used to provide material for the building of the road.Kyle of Durness to Cape Wrath lighthouse
Royal Commission on the ancient and historical monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
Between 1935 and 1938, there were around 40 people living on the cape side.Cafe at the end of the universe ... where a cup of tea is guaranteed
''The Herald'', 2009-06-09. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
, Obituary, ''Northern Times'', 2011-11-29. Retrieved 2013-02-08.Uney.G (2009
''Backpacker's Britain: Northern Scotland: thirty two and three day treks''
p. 86. Cicerone Press Limited. (online). Retrieved 2011-01-28. The farmsteads at Daill and Achiemore consisted of two or three buildings with assorted enclosures.Daill
Royal Commission on the ancient and historical monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 2013-02-08.Achiemore
Royal Commission on the ancient and historical monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 2013-02-08. Up to 10 children from across the cape were known to attend a side school to Durness Primary School which was located at Achiemore. The school closed in 1947 and the whole area of the cape is now virtually uninhabited.Achiemore
Royal Commission on the ancient and historical monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
Education in Sutherland, 2009-03-29. Retrieved 2013-02-09. The school building stood until the early 1990s, when its roof blew off in strong winds, and its walls were taken down to strengthen the wooden bridge constructed by the Royal Marines in 1980 crossing the Daill River to the north west of Achiemore. Achiemore is located just outside the Cape Wrath Training Area, a military training and live firing range which has operated on the cape since the early 20th century. A military sentry post adjacent to the site of the school restricts access to the area when the range is in use. A possible site of a promontory fort is located to the north-east of Achiemore on the shore of the Kyle of Durness where drystone and turf enclosures have been surveyed.Daill promontory fort (possible)
Royal Commission on the ancient and historical monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 2013-02-08. A site at Eilean nan Caorach, around north of Daill is a more likely location of a promontory fort or monastery. The site has been heavily damaged by shelling and dating is difficult as a result.Eilean nan Caorach
Royal Commission on the ancient and historical monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
Cape Wrath tourismCape Wrath ferryCape Wrath Training Area
Ministry of Defence information, including access information and contact telephone numbers Populated places in Sutherland
Durness
Durness ( gd, Diùranais) is a village and civil parish in the north-west Highlands of Scotland. It lies on the north coast of the country in the traditional county of Sutherland, around north of Inverness. The area is remote, and the parish is ...
in the Scottish county
The shires of Scotland ( gd, Siorrachdan na h-Alba), or counties of Scotland, are historic subdivisions of Scotland established in the Middle Ages and used as administrative divisions until 1975. Originally established for judicial purposes (be ...
of Sutherland. The hamlet is just south of the farmstead of Daill on the western shore of the Kyle of Durness
Kyle of Durness is a coastal inlet on the north coast of Scotland in the county of Sutherland. It extends inland from Balnakeil and divides the Cape Wrath peninsula from the mainland.Groome.F.H (1885) 'Parish of Durness', ''Ordnance Gazetteer ...
. Neither place has a permanent population with the village of Durness located to the east. Inverness is around to the south.
Access
Achiemore is in theHighland Council area
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in the far north of Scotland
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. Access across the Kyle of Durness is by a small passenger ferry operating from Keoldale during the summer months. The hamlet is on the U70 road linking the ferry to the lighthouse at Cape Wrath which was built in the 1830s as a supply road for the newly opened lighthouse replacing a track which linked to an original slipway north of Daill.Kyle of Durness storehouse to Cape Wrath lighthouseRoyal Commission on the ancient and historical monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 2013-02-08.Kyle of Durness
Royal Commission on the ancient and historical monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 2013-02-08. Quarries alongside the road at both Achiemore and Daill were used to provide material for the building of the road.Kyle of Durness to Cape Wrath lighthouse
Royal Commission on the ancient and historical monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
History
Between 1935 and 1938, there were around 40 people living on the cape side.Cafe at the end of the universe ... where a cup of tea is guaranteed''The Herald'', 2009-06-09. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
, Obituary, ''Northern Times'', 2011-11-29. Retrieved 2013-02-08.Uney.G (2009
''Backpacker's Britain: Northern Scotland: thirty two and three day treks''
p. 86. Cicerone Press Limited. (online). Retrieved 2011-01-28. The farmsteads at Daill and Achiemore consisted of two or three buildings with assorted enclosures.Daill
Royal Commission on the ancient and historical monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 2013-02-08.Achiemore
Royal Commission on the ancient and historical monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 2013-02-08. Up to 10 children from across the cape were known to attend a side school to Durness Primary School which was located at Achiemore. The school closed in 1947 and the whole area of the cape is now virtually uninhabited.Achiemore
Royal Commission on the ancient and historical monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
Education in Sutherland, 2009-03-29. Retrieved 2013-02-09. The school building stood until the early 1990s, when its roof blew off in strong winds, and its walls were taken down to strengthen the wooden bridge constructed by the Royal Marines in 1980 crossing the Daill River to the north west of Achiemore. Achiemore is located just outside the Cape Wrath Training Area, a military training and live firing range which has operated on the cape since the early 20th century. A military sentry post adjacent to the site of the school restricts access to the area when the range is in use. A possible site of a promontory fort is located to the north-east of Achiemore on the shore of the Kyle of Durness where drystone and turf enclosures have been surveyed.Daill promontory fort (possible)
Royal Commission on the ancient and historical monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 2013-02-08. A site at Eilean nan Caorach, around north of Daill is a more likely location of a promontory fort or monastery. The site has been heavily damaged by shelling and dating is difficult as a result.Eilean nan Caorach
Royal Commission on the ancient and historical monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
See also
* Cape Wrath *Durness
Durness ( gd, Diùranais) is a village and civil parish in the north-west Highlands of Scotland. It lies on the north coast of the country in the traditional county of Sutherland, around north of Inverness. The area is remote, and the parish is ...
References
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Cape Wrath tourism
Ministry of Defence information, including access information and contact telephone numbers Populated places in Sutherland