Achnashellach Forest (
Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic ( gd, GÃ idhlig ), 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 as ...
: Ach nan Seileach field of the willows
) is a large area of the
Scottish Highlands
The Highlands ( sco, the Hielands; gd, a’ Ghà idhealtachd , '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 Sco ...
lying between
Glen Carron
River Carron ( gd, Carrann, IPA: ˆkÊ°aᵲən̴̪ 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 ...
and
Loch Monar.
It is accessible from the
A890 road
List of A roads in List of A roads zones in Great Britain, zone 8 in Great Britain starting north of the A8 road (Great Britain), A8 and west of the A9 road (Great Britain), A9 (roads beginning with 8).
Single- and double-digit roads
Triple- ...
, 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 =
, grid_name = Grid reference ...
.
External links
Website for visitors to the forest*
References
Geography of Highland (council area)
Forests and woodlands of Scotland
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