1981

NG7643 : Pass of the Cattle - 1981

taken 43 years ago, near to Creag Ghorm [other Features], Highland, Great Britain

Pass of the Cattle - 1981
Pass of the Cattle - 1981
Pass of the Cattle, Bealach na Bà is a historic pass through the mountains of the Applecross peninsula, in Wester Ross in the Scottish Highlands and the name of a famous twisting, single-track mountain road through the pass and mountains.
The road is one of few in the Scottish Highlands that is engineered similarly to roads through the great mountain passes in the Alps, with very tight hairpin bends that switch back and forth up the hillside and gradients that approach 20%. It boasts the greatest ascent of any road climb in the UK, rising from sea level at Applecross to 626 m, and is the third highest road in Scotland.
The name is from the Scottish Gaelic: Bealach nam Bò for Pass of the Cattle, as it was historically used as a drovers' road.

Creative Commons Licence [Some Rights Reserved]   © Copyright Helmut Zozmann and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
Geographical Context: Coastal Roads, Road transport
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Applecross Road [7] · Bealach na Ba Road [4] · Ascent [2] · Pass [2] · Wester [2] ·
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NG7643, 14 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Helmut Zozmann   (more nearby)
Date Taken
August 1981   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 15 January, 2012
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NG 7667 4354 [10m precision]
WGS84: 57:25.6282N 5:43.3017W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NG 76575 43599
View Direction
East-southeast (about 112 degrees)
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