The Devils Elbow

The Devil's Elbow was the name given to the double hairpin road as it steeply climbs through Gleann Beag near its highest point at the Cairnwell pass. The old road was bypassed by a wider modern road without such dramatic hairpin bends. This historic road is a lonely forgotten place today, overgrown with weeds and slowly disappearing, yet still heavy with the memories of its earlier life.