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APPLECROSS, hamlet, vale, and parish on south-west coast of Ross-shire. The hamlet lies on a bay of its own name, 14 miles north-by-west of Kyleakin ; has a post office under Dingwall, an Established church, a Free church, and a public school with about 83 scholars, and had anciently a Culdee cell, followed by a famous Romish church, now represented by a curiously-sculptured small obelisk. The vale lies around the hamlet, and is over-hung by lofty sandstone mountains with grand views. The parish includes Kishorn, Croulin, and Ba islands, and measures on the mainland about 20 miles by 20. Real property in 1880-81, 4415. Pop., quoad civilia, 2354; quoad sacra, 949. The surface, with small exception, is mountainous and bleak. There are 10 schools for 476 scholars, and 8 of them, for 383, are new.
