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Destitution Road
A832Dundonnell to Braemore Junction
Famine-built A832 over the moors past An Teallach, from Dundonnell to Braemore Junction.
The A832 between Dundonnell and Braemore Junction is one of several Scottish roads nicknamed the Destitution Road, built in the 1846 to 1847 potato famine to give crofters paid work for oatmeal rations. From Dundonnell it climbs through a wooded gorge of waterfalls, then breaks out onto open moorland near 330 m with the An Teallach ridge filling the western sky. It is a wide-ish but exposed single carriageway with long sightlines and a real sense of emptiness. Mind the convoy roadworks reported near Dundonnell, sudden hill fog on the summit moor, and long stretches with no fuel or phone signal.
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Destitution Road on the map13.3 mi · point to point
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busiest around mile 5Elevation
under 4%4 to 8%over 8%17 to 339 mPoints of interest2 stops
- Loch Broom ViewViewpoint12 mi in
- Corrieshalloch Gorge ViewpointViewpoint13 mi in
Hazards
- Exposed summit fog and snow
- No fuel or phone signal
- Convoy roadworks near Dundonnell
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“The road leaves the top of the gorge at Fain Bridge and continues across the open moors to the summit at an altitude of 332 metres (1,089 ft), surrounded by the towering peaks of An Teallach”
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