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B8006 (Loch Shiel)

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B8006
Location Map ( geo)
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From:  Dalnabreck (NM710696)
To:  Dalelia (NM733690)
Distance:  1.5 miles (2.4 km)
Met:  B850, Pier
Now part of:  unclassified
Traditional Counties

Inverness-shire

Route outline (key)
B8006 Dalnabreck - Dalelia
This article is about the former B8006 along the shores of Loch Shiel near Acharacle.
For the current B8006 in Caol, Fort William, see B8006
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Old and new routes of the former B8006 diverge

The original B8006 was once a more interesting, if even less sensible road than it is today, serving a scattering of houses on the northern shore of Loch Shiel. The road was originally unclassified; it had gained its present number by 1932 but was declassified again in the 1960s, probably when the new section of the A861 was opened, extending the route from Salen through to Lochailort.

The road followed the mile-long route from the B850 (present A861) east of Dalnabreck near Acharacle eastwards to the Pier on Loch Shiel at Dalelia. The road steadily loses height at first, as it drops through woodland, before levelling out and crossing fields towards the loch. However, while the modern road continues ahead (following a road which has always been unclassified), the old line of the B8006 forks left through a gate and across a field. It doesn't look much like a road anymore, just a muddy farm track, but this was always the route marked on maps. This old road climbs over the low shoulder of Druim Buidhe, while the current road curves around it, and drops back down around the back of Dalelia Farm. This end is now signed as a public footpath, and barely looks wide enough for traffic. The current road then resumes the former B8006 line for the short distance to the pier.




B8006 (Loch Shiel)
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Sunart.jpgThe B8006 - Geograph - 125916.jpgFarm road and minor road near Austinscroft - Geograph - 2397826.jpg
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Earlier iterations: B8000 • B8006 • B8008 • B8026 • B8039


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