- Achairn Burn
:"This article includes information about Camster Loch and Allt Beag-airighe".
Achairn Burn, known also as Haster Burn, is one of the major tributaries of
Wick River , inCaithness , in the Highland area ofScotland . The burn's source is in headwaters flowing from the northern slope of theHill of Toftgunn , which rises to over 170metre s, and in Camster Loch, which is at nearly 120 metres, between the Hill of Toftgunn andBallharn Hill . The same area feeds also another major tributary of Wick River, the Camster/Rowans-Strath Burn. Achairn Burn enters Wick River at Mary Ford, about 10kilometre s to the northeast of the burn's source. Its entire course is within Caithness, as is the whole of the catchment basin of Wick River.Between its source and Maryford the burn's course describes a sort of reversed S-shape, flowing generally north, then turning east and east/southeast before turning north again. On its banks the burn has
Upper Achairn ,Lower Achairn ,Puldagon , andHaster . Between Upper Achairn and Lower Achairn the burn receives water from Allt Beag-airighe (Burn of the Small Shieling). In the Puldagon area it is bridged by a small, single-trackroad linking theA882 road , near theBridge of Haster , with theA99 road in theThrumster area. The Bridge of Haster carries the A882 itself, about 3 kilometres west of Wick and about one kilometre south of Maryford.Grid references
Grid references are generally in order from source to Maryford:
*Hill of Toftgunn : gbmappingsmall|ND271423
*Ballharn Hill : gbmappingsmall|ND245438
* Camster Loch: gbmappingsmall|ND265443
*Upper Achairn : gbmappingsmall|ND276475
* Allt Beag-airighe: gbmappingsmall|ND281484
*Lower Achairn : gbmappingsmall|ND298498
*Puldagon : gbmappingsmall|ND325488
*Haster : gbmappingsmall|ND326505
*Bridge of Haster : gbmappingsmall|ND327512
* Mary Ford: gbmappingsmall|ND325522
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