The parish of Applecross is known as Comeraich, in Gaelic ‘the sanctuary’. For many years access to the village was via the Bealach na Ba (Gaelic for ‘pass of the cattle’) until a road along the coastline was opened in 1976 linking Shieldaig with Applecross and the townships of Kenmore, Fearnbeg, Fearnmore and Lonbain.