Abriachan
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Coordinates: 57°24′23″N 4°21′08″W / 57.40646°N 4.35234°W
| Abriachan | |
| Scottish Gaelic: Obar Itheachan | |
 Abriachan
Abriachan shown within the Inverness area |
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| OS grid reference | NH557352 |
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| Council area | Highland |
| Lieutenancy area | Inverness |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | IV3 8 |
| Dialling code | 01479 |
| Police | Northern |
| Fire | Highlands and Islands |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| EU Parliament | Scotland |
| List of places: UK • Scotland • | |
Abriachan (Gaelic: Obar Itheachan), pronounced with the stress on the i (/əˈbriːəxən/), is a village in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is situated high above the western shore of Loch Ness, 15 km to the south-west of the city of Inverness. The village has a population of approximately 120. There are no schools in Abriachan, so children travel by bus into Inverness or to Dochgarroch for their education.
At the bottom of the Abriachan hill, where the Kilianan stream meets Loch Ness, is Abriachan Garden Nursery, with a woodland walk and plant selling area.
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[edit] Post office
Abriachan post office opened on 25 July 1882,[1] and for many years from the early 1960s was run by Katharine Stewart and her family. An account of life in the Highlands, and of its postal services, was published in 1997.[2] The post office closed on 8 April 2008.
[edit] Notable residents
- John Somerville, accordion player with Croft No. Five and Box Club
- John Barr, international shinty player
- Gregor Borland, Internationally acclaimed Scottish Fiddle player. Also part of folk trio [Other Roads]. Currently resides in Spain
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Mackay, James A. (1989) Scottish Post Offices, p. 28, Dumfries: published by the author, ISBN 0-906440-48-3
- ^ Stewart, Katharine (1997) The Post in the Hills, 161 pp. Edinburgh: The Mercat Press, ISBN 1-873644-74-4
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