Achnahannet, Strathspey

Achnahannet
Scottish Gaelic: *Achadh na h-Annaid*
Achnahannet Scottish Gaelic: Achadh na h-Annaid;
	Achnahannet Location within the Badenoch and Strathspey area
OS grid reference	NH977272
Council area	Highland;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Postcode district	PH26 3
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey;
Scottish Parliament	Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch;
	List of places UK Scotland 57°19′26″N 3°42′01″W / 57.32397°N 3.70035°W

Achnahannet (Scottish Gaelic: Achadh na h-Annaid)^[1] is a hamlet located northwest of Dulnain Bridge, and three and a half miles west-south-west of Grantown-on-Spey,^[2] in the historical county of Morayshire, now in the Highland Council area, Scotland. Historically it belonged to the parish of Cromdale.^[3]

The name, recorded as Auchnahannatt in 1589, means 'field of the mother church', from the Gaelic words achadh 'field' na h- 'of the' and annaid 'mother church, early church.^[4]^[3] An old chapel and a well named Tobar an Domhnaich is located nearby.^[3]

Geography

Achnahannet Burn flows in the area; it is a tributary of the River Dulnain.^[5] The land westward from Achnahannet to Lynmore contains a belt of morainic sands and gravels between the River Dulnain terraces.^[6]

Notable people

Colonel George Grant Gordon.^[7]

References

^ Microsoft; Nokia. "Achnahannet" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
^ Groome, Francis Hindes (1895). Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland: a survey of Scottish topography, statistical, biographical, and historical. W. Mackenzie. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c Watson, William John (1973). The history of the Celtic place-names of Scotland. Irish University Press.
^ Grant, Alison (2010). Macleod, Iseabail (ed.). The Pocket Guide to Scottish Place-Names. Glasgow: Richard Drew Ltd. p. 24. ISBN 978-1-899471-00-3. OCLC 759569647.
^ Reid, William (1900). Grantown and the adjacent country: a guide to Strathspey. Angus Stuart.
^ Annual report. Macaulay Institute for Soil Research. 1965.
^ Aberd bookeen-angus herd. 1965.

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[1] Microsoft; Nokia. "Achnahannet" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved 26 February 2017.

[Groome1895-2] Groome, Francis Hindes (1895). Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland: a survey of Scottish topography, statistical, biographical, and historical. W. Mackenzie. Retrieved 20 February 2011.

[Watson1973-3] Watson, William John (1973). The history of the Celtic place-names of Scotland. Irish University Press.

[:0-4] Grant, Alison (2010). Macleod, Iseabail (ed.). The Pocket Guide to Scottish Place-Names. Glasgow: Richard Drew Ltd. p. 24. ISBN 978-1-899471-00-3. OCLC 759569647.

[Reid1900-5] Reid, William (1900). Grantown and the adjacent country: a guide to Strathspey. Angus Stuart.

[Research1965-6] Annual report. Macaulay Institute for Soil Research. 1965.

[Aberd_bookeen-angus_herd-7] Aberd bookeen-angus herd. 1965.

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Achnahannet Scottish Gaelic: Achadh na h-Annaid

Achnahannet Location within the Badenoch and Strathspey area
OS grid reference	NH977272
Council area	Highland
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Postcode district	PH26 3

Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish

UK Parliament	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
Scottish Parliament	Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch
List of places UK Scotland 57°19′26″N 3°42′01″W / 57.32397°N 3.70035°W / 57.32397; -3.70035