B878

The B878 going into Rothesay

The B878 runs across the Isle of Bute. It starts on the B881 (former A845) High Street in the centre of Rothesay and heads west, then south west along Russell Street, Mill Street and on to Barone Road. After leaving town the road sweeps round to the west again and climbs steadily over the northern shoulder of Barone Hill. A sharp left turn then takes it over a low summit as it passes Greenan Loch (a reservoir) before ending at a sharp fork junction (the sort you'd expect to be a TOTSO but isn't) on the A844 overlooking the west coast.

History

The B878 today is ever so slightly shorter than the road originally numbered in 1922. Then, it continued west along what is now the A844 to Ballianlay, where it became the B879 as it turned north towards Etterick Bay. Both of these roads were taken over by the A844 later in the 1920s.

The 1922 MOT Road List defines this route as: Rothesay - Ballanlay