Travelling Around Scotland

By Road

Before the 18th century, travelling around Scotland, particularly in the Highlands, was mainly by foot. While the Drove Roads provided some well travelled routes into the central parts of Scotland, these could not actually be described as roads as such. Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries the road network was improved and expanded with the creation of the so-called Military and later Parliamentary Roads. Some of these older routes still exist and add to the network of footpaths that take the travellers into many places that few vehicles can even get near!

Today's road network...

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