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Tour Scotland Photograph Calum's Road Isle of Raasay
Tour Scotland photograph of Calum's Road on Isle of Raasay across from, Isle Of Skye, Scotland. Malcolm MacLeod, Scottish Gaelic: Calum MacLeòid, BEM, born 15th November 1911, died 26th January 1988,was a crofter who famously built Calum's Road on the Island of Raasay. He was Local Assistant Keeper of Rona Lighthouse and the part time postman for the north end of Raasay. Calum and his brother, Charles, constructed the track from Torran to Fladda over three winters from 1949 to 1952. After decades of unsuccessful campaigning by the inhabitants of the north end of Raasay for a road, and several failed grant applications, Calum decided to build the road himself. He started work replacing the old narrow footpath. Over a period of about ten years, he constructed one and three quarter miles of road between Brochel Castle and Arnish using little more than a shovel, a pick and a wheelbarrow.
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