Achriesgill () is a village that lies on the eastern bank of
Loch Inchard
''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch.
In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spell ...
in
Lairg,
Sutherland
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, in the
Scottish
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council area of
Highland
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The village is on the road to
Kinlochbervie.
In 1945, a documentary on the Scottish agricultural tradition of
crofting called ''Crofters'' was released, which was both filmed in and featured Achriesgill.
[Full video at NB Note from 04:00 mention of the "far away crofts, down by Sheigra and ]Oldshoremore
Oldshoremore is a scattered crofting hamlet in the Eddrachillis parish of Sutherland, Scotland. It incorporates around twenty houses, though several of these are holiday homes.
Once owned by the Duke of Sutherland, Oldshoremore and the surroundin ...
": literally at the end of the road.
References
Populated places in Sutherland
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