Loch Achnamoine is a small mountain loch, situated on the River Helmsdale in the Highland council area of Scotland. The nearest settlement to it is Kinbrace, a small village 2.5 miles (4 km) east, along a small country road.

The name derives from the Scottish Gaelic elements "achadh" and "mòine", meaning "Lake of the Peat-field".[1]

Loch Achnamoine is a drift dam, formed from the last glacial period in Scotland.[2] The loch was the site of several biological surveys in the 1990s, identifying several species of xanthidium in its waters[3]

References

  1. ^ "The Gaelic origins of place names in Britain". OS GetOutside. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  2. ^ Memoirs of the Geological Society of Great Britain: Explanation of Sheet. Scotland. H.M. Stationery Office. 1931.
  3. ^ Archiv Für Hydrobiologie: Monographische Beiträge. E. Schweizerbart. 1995.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loch_Achnamoine
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