Editing Achduart

{{Use British English|date=April 2012}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country                          = Scotland
| official_name                    = Achduart
| scots_name                       =
| gaelic_name                      = Achadh Dhubhaird
| population                       = 
| static_image_name                = Achduart with Cairn Conmheall behind.jpg
| static_image_caption             = Achduart with Cairn Conmheall (541&nbsp;m) behind
| os_grid_reference                = NC050037
| map_type                         = Ross and Cromarty
| coordinates                      = {{coord|57.980272|-5.299201|display=inline,title}}
| community_scotland               = [[Coigach]]
| civil_parish                     = Lochbroom
| unitary_scotland                 = [[Highland (council area)|Highland]]
| lieutenancy_scotland             = [[Ross and Cromarty]]
| constituency_westminster         = [[Ross, Skye and Lochaber (UK Parliament constituency)|Ross, Skye and Lochaber]]
| constituency_scottish_parliament = [[Caithness, Sutherland and Ross (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Caithness, Sutherland and Ross]]
| post_town                        = 
| postcode_district                = IV26 2
| postcode_area                    = IV
| dial_code                        =  
}}
'''Achduart''' ([[Scottish Gaelic language|Gaelic]]: '''''Achadh Dhubhaird'''''<ref name="Mac an Tàilleir"/>) is a coastal hamlet in [[Coigach]], [[Wester Ross]] in northwestern [[Scotland]], now within the [[Highland (council area)|Highland]] council area.<ref>{{cite map|title=[[Google Maps]]|publisher=Google}}</ref><ref>{{cite map|title=[[Bing Maps]]|publisher= [[Microsoft]] and [[Harris Corporation]] Earthstar Geographics LLC}}</ref> It is situated about 4&nbsp;km southeast of the village of [[Achiltibuie]], at the end of a minor road. A footpath continues on to the hamlet of Culnacraig, then along the coast past [[Ben More Coigach]] to [[Strathcanaird]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Culnacraig circular|url=http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/ullapool/culnacraig.shtml|work=Walk Highlands|access-date=23 April 2011}}</ref> 
Achduart has accommodation facilities for tourists, who come for its proximity to the sea and its seclusion and remoteness. There is a hostel in Acheninver, a short distance to the north, formerly run by the [[Scottish Youth Hostels Association]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Acheninver Hostel renovations |url=https://www.coigach-assynt.org/project/acheninver-hostel-renovations/ |publisher=Coigach & Assynt.org |access-date=15 May 2022}}</ref>
The name of Achduart comes from the Gaelic for "the field at the black headland".<ref name="Mac an Tàilleir">{{cite web|author=Iain Mac an Tàilleir |year=2003 |publisher=[[Scottish Parliament]] |url=http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/vli/language/gaelic/vl-trans.htm |title=Placenames collected by Iain Mac an Tailleir |access-date=29 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101225005529/http://scottish.parliament.uk/vli/language/gaelic/vl-trans.htm |archive-date=25 December 2010 |url-status = dead}}</ref> Achduart was part of the Estate of Coigach, [[Lochbroom, Highland|Lochbroom]], belonging to the [[Earl of Cromartie|Countess of Cromartie]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ct0MAQAAIAAJ&q=Achduart|title=Papers by command, Volume 15|publisher=Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, HMSO|year=1911|page=78}}</ref>

The dominant geographical feature in the area is [[Cairn Conmheall]], which rises to 541 metres.

==Notable people==
*[[Kenny John Macleod]] -fiddler<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UppnAAAAMAAJ&q=Achduart|author=Maclean, Calum I. |title=The Highlands|publisher=Mainstream|year=1990|page=203|isbn = 1851583653}}</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/20120729162920/http://www.allcelticmusic.com/music/0b2e6246-6d7b-102b-b651-000f1f67beb1/Wooed_and_Married_and_Aa:_Songs,_Tunes_%26_Customs.html All Celtic Music]</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~coigach/index.htm Coigach Genealogy]

[[Category:Populated places in Ross and Cromarty]]


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