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A quiet remote village on the shores of the peninsula from which it takes its name.
The only road to the village is from Kishorn 10 miles east and zigzags round hairpin bends into the wild grey landscape of the Applecross Mountains, often alongside sheer drops of hundreds of feet.
The road reaches gradient of 1 in 4 as it climbs from sea level to 2054ft at Bealach na Ba, the Pass of Cattle, making it one of the highest roads in Britain.
St Maelrubba, one of the Irish missionaries who brought Christianity to Scotland, founded a monastery at Applecross in AD673 and a carved stone marks his grave.
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- Landmark