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B8002

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B8002
Location Map ( geo)
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From:  Kintraw (NM825058)
To:  Aird (NM765005)
Via:  Ardfern
Distance:  5.2 miles (8.4 km)
Meets:  A816
Highway Authorities

Argyll and Bute

Traditional Counties

Argyll

Route outline (key)
B8002 Kintraw - Ardfern
The B8002 at Kirkton

The B8002 serves the Craignish peninsula on the Argyll Coast south of Oban. It was originally unclassified but had gained its number by 1932.

The route starts on the A816 north of Kintraw, and runs south west through trees to the head of Loch Craignish. It is a pretty drive along the shore, passing a causeway out to a rocky island, before winding further past a scattering of houses into the village of Ardfern, with its large sheltered marina. The road winds inland through the village, which is sheltered by the long hilly finger of Eilean Mhic Chrion, just a short distance out into the loch. At low tide there is a large muddy beach, with just a shallow channel separating the island from the mainland. Loch Craignish has several islands in it, meaning that it is only from the head of the loch that you can see both shores at the same time.

The road continues further south, occasionally dipping inland before returning to the waters edge. The houses slowly thin out, before the road curves around the back of the pretty Bagh Dun Mhullig. At the southern end of the bay, the road turns inland at the ruinous chapel at Kirkton, and crosses over the peninsula to Loch Beag, overlooked by Craignish Castle. The B8002 continues south along the shore to the settlement at Aird, where it ends at a gate, with a minor road continuing to a car park. The Google Car didn't go that far. Has anyone?




B8002
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B8002-kirkton.jpgGate across B8002 - Geograph - 1580355.jpgArgyll and Bute-20120803-00495.jpgIMG-20120803-00491.jpg
B8000 – B8099
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B8060 • B8061 • B8062 • B8063 • B8064 • B8065 • B8066 • B8067 • B8068 • B8069 • B8070 • B8071 • B8072 • B8073 • B8074 • B8075 • B8076 • B8077 • B8078 • B8079
B8080 • B8081 • B8082 • B8083 • B8084 • B8085 • B8086 • B8087 • B8088 • B8089 • B8090 • B8091 • B8092 • B8093 • B8094 • B8095 • B8096 • B8097 • B8098 • B8099
Earlier iterations: B8000 • B8006 • B8008 • B8026 • B8039

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