B879 (Bute)
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| B879 | ||||
| Location Map ( geo) | ||||
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| From: | Ballianlay (NS047626) | |||
| To: | St Colmac (NS055672) | |||
| Distance: | 3.2 miles (5.1 km) | |||
| Met: | B878, B877 | |||
| Now part of: | A844 | |||
| Traditional Counties | ||||
| Route outline (key) | ||||
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This article is about the former B879 on the Isle of Bute.
For the current B879 on Kintyre, see B879.
For the current B879 on Kintyre, see B879.
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Heading north on the A844 (former B879)
The B879 is described in the 1922 Road Lists as Ballanlay - Kames Castle, making it a short road on the west coast of the Isle of Bute. As such it was essentially a northwards extension of the B878 (which at that time ended further west than it does now), heading north to Ettrick Bay before turning inland as far as the B877 at a point between St Colmac and Kames Castle.
In the late 1920s it became part of an extended A844, as did the two roads it met at either end.
The 1922 MOT Road List defines this route as: Ballanlay - Kames Castle