Bealach na Ba

Bealach na Ba (pass of the cattle), this long and winding narrow road reaches up to over 2,000ft before venturing back down into Applecross Village. Taken in Februrary 2011. Applecross is a peninsula in the council area of Highland, Scotland. The name Applecross is at least 1,300 years old and is not used locally to refer to the 19th century village with the Applecross Inn, lying on the small Applecross Bay, facing the Inner Sound, on the opposite side of which lies the Inner Hebridean island of Raasay. The monastery of Applecross was established by St Maelrubha, in the 7th century. A sculptured stone is the only relic of Maelrubha remaining, who built a chapel there. The Applecross peninsula is a peninsula in Wester Ross, Highland, on the north west coast of Scotland.