Applecross On Visit To Wester Ross Highlands Scotland

Tour Scotland travel video, with Scottish music, of Applecross, Scottish Gaelic: A' Chomraich, a village in the Wester Ross area on visit to the Scottish Highlands. It is situated on the small Applecross Bay, facing the Inner Sound, on the opposite side of which lies the Inner Hebridean island of Raasay. The row of cottages which is often referred to as Applecross, and is marked as Applecross on some maps, is actually called Shore Street and is referred to locally just as The Street. The name Applecross applies to all the settlements around the peninsula, including Toscaig, Culduie, Camusterrach, Milltown, Sand, Lonbain and many others. Applecross is also the name of the local estate and the civil parish, which includes Shieldaig and Torridon, and has a population of 544. The small River Applecross flows into the bay at Applecross. The area around Applecross is believed to be one of the earliest settled parts of Scotland. The church was built in 1817, but it stands on the site of a much older building, and that, in turn, was founded near a 7th century monastery established by the Irish saint, Maelrubha. In the year 671 the Irish saint Maelrubha sailed from Bangor to the north west coast of Scotland to establish a monastery. Maelrubha, a native of Londonderry, landed at Abercrossan, now called Applecross. Here he founded a monastery and declared the land within a 6 mile radius of his monastery a site of sanctuary. The peninsula was dubbed A' Chomraich in Gaelic, which translates as The Sanctuary. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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