Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Achavarn

Achavarn, a mansion in Halkirk parish, Caithness, near the E shore of Loch Calder, 6 miles S by W of Thurso. It is the seat of Colonel C. Guthrie, owner in the shire of 13,934 acres, valued at £2762 per annum.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a mansion"   (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites")
Administrative units: Halkirk ScoP       Caithness ScoCnty

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