Where is Applecross peninsula?

Applecross peninsula is in Scottish Islands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 57.4330°, -5.8096°.

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Applecross peninsula

Applecross peninsula in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.

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Typical visit: 45 min–1.5 h

Applecross peninsula is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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From the Wikipedia article

Applecross (Scottish Gaelic: A' Chomraich [ə ˈxoməriç], 'The Sanctuary', historically anglicized as 'Combrich') is a peninsula in Wester Ross, in the Scottish Highlands. It is bounded by Loch Kishorn to the south, Loch Torridon to the north, and Glen Shieldaig to the east. On its western side is Applecross Bay and the Inner Sound. The peninsula is mountainous, sparsely populated, and has only two small roads joining the mainland. One of these roads traverses the famous Bealach na Bà. The former Celtic Christian monastery of Applecross was founded in the 7th century by Saint Máel Ruba, a missionary from Bangor Abbey in Gaelic Ireland; a sculptured stone is all that remains.

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History

Applecross's name is an anglicisation of the Pictish name Aporcrosan, 'confluence of the [river] Crossan' ( in modern Gaelic). The name is derived from the Pictish aber- and Scottish Gaelic cros. Applecross is linked with Saint Máel Ruba, who came to Scotland in 671 from the major Celtic Church monastery of Bangor Abbey in Gaelic Ireland. He founded Aporcrosan in 672 in what was then Pictish territory, and was the monastery's first abbot, dying on 21 April 722 in his eightieth year. The deaths of several of his successors as abbot are recorded in the Irish Annals into the early ninth century. The early monastery was located around the site of the later Church of Scotland parish church…

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