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The [[Battle of Achnashellach]] is said to have taken place in 1505.
The [[Battle of Achnashellach]] is said to have taken place in 1505.

==Temperature records==
Achnashellach holds the record for the warmest December temperature ever recorded in the British isles, 18.3°C, on 2 December 1948.<ref>http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/climate-extremes/#?tab=climateExtremes</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==

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Achnashellach
OS grid referenceNH006470
Council area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Postcode districtIV54 8
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Achnashellach (Gaelic: Achadh nan Seileach[1]) is an area in Wester Ross in the Highlands of Scotland, and within the Highland council area. It is at the eastern end of Loch Dùghaill, and on the A890 road. It has a railway station on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line.

The name is from the Gaelic for "field of the willows".[1]

The Battle of Achnashellach is said to have taken place in 1505.

Temperature records

Achnashellach holds the record for the warmest December temperature ever recorded in the British isles, 18.3°C, on 2 December 1948.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Place name database - Achnashellach". Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba. Retrieved 19 April 2011.
  2. ^ http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/climate-extremes/#?tab=climateExtremes