Achanalt

Achanalt (Gaelic: Achadh nan Allt) is a railway halt in Strath Bran, Ross and Cromarty, in the Scottish council area of Highland.

[6][7] The steeply sloping Cnoc na Bhain burial ground, one of Scotland's most beautiful graveyards, contains a memorial and grave of the pioneer aviator, Captain Bertram Dickson.

The dominant local geographical feature is Loch Achanalt, roughly quadrangular, with a maximum diameter of approximately 0.75 mi (1.21 km).

[12] The Achanalt reservoir[13] and marshes were designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest on 18 May 1989 as the area is an important nesting ground.

[14] The open water and grassland areas of Achanalt marshes support an array of nesting birds.

Waders include common sandpiper, curlew, dunlin, lapwing, oystercatcher, redshank, ringed plover, and snipe.

Achanalt in 1970
Looking towards the head of the loch