Gruinard Bay, Wester Ross
Gruinard Bay is situated along the rocky Wester Ross coastline and has 3 beautiful beaches with pink sand derived from the Torridonian sandstone rocks. It is surrounded by magnificent rocky scenery.
Offshore lies Gruinard Island which in 1942 became the focus of the UK's secret effort to find a weapon capable of defeating the Nazis. To test the potency of their biological arsenal, War Office scientists took a flock of 60 sheep to Gruinard Island and exposed them to a bomb packed with anthrax spores. The island was so contaminated that it was deemed out of bounds for almost 50 years.
Date: 12th June 2006
Location: view from near Little Gruinard on the A832 road between Poolewe and Ullapool
Offshore lies Gruinard Island which in 1942 became the focus of the UK's secret effort to find a weapon capable of defeating the Nazis. To test the potency of their biological arsenal, War Office scientists took a flock of 60 sheep to Gruinard Island and exposed them to a bomb packed with anthrax spores. The island was so contaminated that it was deemed out of bounds for almost 50 years.
Date: 12th June 2006
Location: view from near Little Gruinard on the A832 road between Poolewe and Ullapool
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