Berriedale Braes

The A9 road on the east coast of Caithness, Scotland passes the Berriedale Braes between Helmsdale and Lybster, close to the boundary between Caithness and Sutherland. (Brae is a Scots word for hillside). The road drops down steeply to bridge a river, before rising again. There are a number of sharp bends in the vicinity, although some of the hairpin bends and other nearby gradients have been eased in recent years.

The impracticality (and cost) of bridging the Berriedale Braes prevented the building of the Inverness-Wick Far North Line along the east coast of Caithness, instead the railway runs inland through the Flow Country.

The adjacent village of Berriedale is sheltered from the North Sea. The village has a parish church in the Church of Scotland.

External links

* [http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/berriedale/berriedale/index.html Berriedale on Undiscovered Scotland]