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Rubha nan Gall lighthouse is located north of Tobermory on the Isle of Mull beside the Sound of Mull.The name means "Stranger's Point" in Scottish Gaelic. It was built in 1857 by David and Thomas Stevenson and is operated by the Northern Lighthouse Board. [2]
Tobermory Lighthouse, Rubha nan Gall 56°38′19″N 6°03′58″W / 56.638676°N 6.066203°W / 56.638676; -6.066203 ( Tobermory Lighthouse, Rubha Category C(S)
The parish council was formed in 1895 with 9 members, 4 nominated by the burgh council of Tobermory and 5 directly elected for that part of the parish outside the burgh (the “landward” part). The councillors from the landward part of the parish (augmented by one, elected for that purpose) formed a Landward Committee to administer powers ...
Tobermory, Mull – as viewed from the Sound of Mull Rubha nan Gall Lighthouse, north of Tobermory. Isabella Bird (1831–1904), the Victorian traveller and writer, frequently stayed in the town, where her sister Henrietta had a house. She often assisted the local doctor and, on at least one occasion, served as anaesthetist when he removed a ...
Rubha nan Gall lighthouse, Tobermory, Mull, built in 1857 by David and Thomas Stevenson, with a Caledonian MacBrayne ferry in the background Credit: Colin Image 23 Alasdair Crotach MacLeod is the first McLeod not to be buried on Iona ; his tomb on Harris dates from 1528, and is among the finest of this period in Scotland
Sound of Mull from Ben Hiant. The Sound of Mull is a sound between the Inner Hebridean island of Mull and mainland Scotland.It forms part of the Atlantic Ocean.. The Sound of Mull Project is a Scottish Sustainable Marine Environment Initiative (SSMEI) spatial plan of Argyll and Bute Council which sets out details on the marine, environmental and coastal activities in the Sound.
Later, Bronze Age and Iron Age inhabitants built brochs at Dun Nan Gall [16] and An Sean Chaisteal, [17] and a stone circle at Lochbuie [18] along with numerous burial cairns. [19] Two crannogs there have been dated to the Iron Age. [20] In the 6th century AD, Irish migrants invaded Mull and the surrounding coast and established the Gaelic ...
Rubha Rèidh: An Sean Sgeir, Stac Buidhe, Stac Dubh; Isle of Ewe: Boor Rocks, Eilean Furadh Beag, Eilean Furadh Mòr, Sgeir an Araig, Sgeir Maol Mhoraidh, Sgeir Maol Mhoraidh Shuas, Stac Ruadh; Gruinard: Fraoch, Eilean Beag, Fraoch Eilean Mòr; Summer Isles: Horse Island: Càrn nan Sgeir, Meall nan Caorach, Meall nan Gabhar; Isle Martin: None