title: Loch Achnamoine
text: # Loch Achnamoine
  
  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".
  
  Loch Achnamoine is a drift dam, formed from the last glacial period in Scotland. The loch was the site of several biological surveys in the 1990s, identifying several species of xanthidium in its waters
  
  