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Kinlochbervie Beauty is in the mountains not set in stone. By Molly, 14 NWH Geopark A short drive or cycle from the main road will animals here, helping to recycle nutrients and bring you through a series of small crofting encourage the growth of rare wild flowers. townships to Britain’s most North-Westerly Herring and shellfish originally supplemented Rock Route Rhiconich fishing port, Kinlochbervie. the crofting produce but crofters have always been inventive people and today the output of The landscape around Kinlochbervie has been local crofts across the North West Highlands Rock Stop shaped by generations of families reaching extends from pubs to pony trekking. Loch Innis far back into prehistory. The earliest settlers Na Ba Buidhe Knockan Crag arrived during the Bronze Age and have left us What is the North West Highlands Geopark? a tantalising glimpse into their lives; a burnt Ullapool Geoparks are set up and managed by a local mound overlooking Loch Innis na Bà Buidhe. community and there are more than 100 B801 The place names are also an enigmatic Geoparks worldwide. Every community is reminder of rich cultural beginnings, with different and so every Geopark is different but PebbleRoute many, such as Oldshoremore (the big path or we all share a common aim which is to tell the 1 pass), being of Norse origin later updated to story of our landscape and make it accessible Gaelic and then English. to visitors. This in turn helps to bring resources A838 into sensitive rural areas, creating jobs and Many of the homes you pass are filled with supporting small businesses. Loch Inchard fishing and crofting families. Crofting, a form of A838 subsistence farming has been a way of life here Our Geopark is a social enterprise, set up by B801 Beauty of the wild Untouched land for centuries. The harbour at Kinlochbervie the representatives from the six community was built in 1961 and became the centre of the councils within its boundaries. It exists to Deep blue and orange Barely touched landscape 1 km white fishing boom in the 1980s. encourage adventures for everyone which helps people connect with the land and feel An unmatched fusion of colour Unharmed by greedy human hands The coastal grasslands (machair) are an oasis responsible for maintaining its beauty, wildlife of fertile land and supported crops such as Beauty of the wild No single owner A838 and resources. oats and potatoes. Crofters also graze their By Spike, 14 North West Highlands Geopark Limited • 396 Elphin, By Lairg, Sutherland, IV27 4HH (T) 01854 622754 • (E) [email protected] • www.nwhgeopark.com A838 For local information: www.kinlochbervie.info Evoke a Sense of Place Explore Deep Time Sea Roads Stories from a Working Landscape Sands of Time Shores of Discovery The landscape you can see is built upon the were likely passing through enroute to Ireland, You may have heard of the Highland Clearances. To the left, a small croft is still completely ‘off the The beaches of the North West Highlands are A 16th century Spanish ship wreck was Oldshoremore beach is easily accessible from These beaches are also incredibly clean, a oldest rock in Britain. The three billion year old exploring and raiding as they went. The Loch is In the 18th and 19th centuries landlords realised grid’ and children cross the loch by boat as part of world renowned for their peaceful beauty. Each discovered off the coast of Kinlochbervie, a the carpark but a long coastal walk is also testament to the local community who look Lewisian Gneiss has been buried deep below the reminiscent of a Scandinavian Fjord and was that small farms were ‘uneconomic’ and so tenant their school commute! grain of sand tells a story of ancient marine life small cemetery past Oldshoremore beach possible here, stretching through Polin beach after them so well. surface, stretched, squeezed, heated and cooled formed by the exact same process. farmers were removed and replaced with large and up to Sandwood bay, the most remote The floating lines you can see on the water are and the erosion of primeval landscapes. marks the graves of the souls lost at sea. to form colourful swirling patterns. You can see a Glaciers carved out this deep scar providing a sheep farms. Ruins from this period are plentiful. Another ship carrying flint as ballast was beach in Britain. a mussel farm. Shellfish are an important part The rock outcrop in the middle of the beach is slice through the grey, black and pink rocks of the gateway to the sea. Until the 1830’s, the sea wrecked near-by, it is responsible for the If you look to the right of Loch Inchard, you can of crofting and mussels are now recognized as made of 1.2 billion year old sandstone. You can Lewisian at the Rock Route stop 11, south of was the only route into Kinlochbervie. occasional flint sherds washed up on the shore see stone walls (dykes) and fences marking out one of the most efficient and environmentally see small pebbles embedded in it, deposited by Rhiconich (NC233486) or by walking along here – a puzzle for the local geography teacher Imagine the sound of the drums as a Viking ship crofting lots, these are all working smallholdings. friendly forms of producing food protein in ancient rivers flowing through the landscape Oldshoremore Beach. because the nearest source of flint is 90 miles steadily rows in to Loch Inchard to rest for the Each has access to loch fishing, an area of the world. long ago. away on the North East coast! The water, Loch Inchard was originally named night on a long journey all those years ago. cultivable land and the use of common grazing Engis-fjord by long forgotten Norsemen who land in the hills behind. Encourage Stewardship Achriesgill Bay. NC254539 Oldshoremore. NC201584 Photography: Pat Cooper Photography:.
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