Achnahannet, Strathspey

Human settlement in Scotland

Achnahannet

* Scottish Gaelic: Achadh na h-Annaid

Achnahannet

Location within the Badenoch and Strathspey area

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57°19′26″N 3°42′01″W﻿ / ﻿57.32397°N 3.70035°W﻿ / 57.32397; -3.70035

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

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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

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* Colonel George Grant Gordon.[7]

## References

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1. ^ Microsoft; Nokia. "Achnahannet" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
2. ^ Groome, Francis Hindes (1895). Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland: a survey of Scottish topography, statistical, biographical, and historical. W. Mackenzie. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
3. ^ a b c Watson, William John (1973). The history of the Celtic place-names of Scotland. Irish University Press.
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.
5. ^ Reid, William (1900). Grantown and the adjacent country: a guide to Strathspey. Angus Stuart.
6. ^ Annual report. Macaulay Institute for Soil Research. 1965.
7. ^ Aberd bookeen-angus herd. 1965.

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