Peninsula in Scotland
Applecross
Applecross is a peninsula in Wester Ross, in the Scottish Highlands.
It is bounded by Loch Kishorn to the south, Loch Torridon to the north, and Glen Shieldaig to the east. On its western side is Applecross Bay and the Inner Sound. The peninsula is mountainous, sparsely populated, and has only two small roads joining the mainland. One of these roads traverses the famous Bealach na Bà. The former monastery of Applecross was founded in the 7th century by Saint Máel Ruba in the 7th century; a sculptured stone is all that remains.
How locals move
Getting around Applecross the local way
- Get in, the main village of Raasay, has Calmac ferries from Sconser on Skye, taking 25 min.
- Get inThe usual ferry on this route, MV Hallaig commemorating the abandoned village, is a small ro-ro with deck seating and a passenger saloon but no cafe.
- Get inThere are toilets on the ferry and in the waiting rooms by both jetties.
- Get inOld maps may show Raasay's ferry pier at Suisnish a mile further south, but that is now derelict.
- Get inMV Raasay the venerable ferry that served the island until 1997 now hauls cargo to Inishbofin Island off the Galway coast.
- Get aroundYou can easily walk the south end, between ferry pier, Raasay House and distillery.
- Go next(Not to be confused with Scalpay on Harris.) So to get anywhere else, you have to return on the ferry to Sconser on Skye.
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