Where is Isle of Mull?

Isle of Mull is in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom.

How do I get to Isle of Mull?

Its coordinates are 56.4500°, -6.0000°.

Is Isle of Mull free to visit?

Yes, Isle of Mull is free to enter.

Islands · Scottish Highlands

Isle of Mull

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Isle of Mull — second-largest Inner Hebrides island (after Skye) off the west coast of Scotland.

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Plan your visit

Typical visit: 4 h–12 h

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Isle of Mull is a island in the United Kingdom. It covers approximately 886 km². Recent population estimates put it at around 2,800 people. Part of Inner Hebrides. Wikidata describes it as: "second-largest Inner Hebrides island (after Skye) off the west coast of Scotland". Coordinates: 56.4500°, -6.0000°.

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From the Wikipedia article

The Isle of Mull, or simply Mull, is the second-largest island of the Inner Hebrides (after Skye) and lies off the west coast of Scotland in the council area of Argyll and Bute. Covering 875.35 square kilometres (337.97 sq mi), Mull is the fourth-largest island in Scotland. Between 2011 and 2022 the population increased from 2,800 to 3,063. It has the eighth largest island population in Scotland. In the summer, these numbers are augmented by an influx of many tourists. Much of the year-round population lives in the colourful main settlement of Tobermory. There are two distilleries on the island: the Tobermory distillery, formerly named Ledaig, produces single malt Scotch whisky and another, opened in 2019 and located in the vicinity of Tiroran, which produces Whitetail Gin. Mull is host to numerous sports competitions, notably the Highland Games competition, held annually in July. The isle is home to four castles, including the towering castle of Duart and the keep of Moy Castle. On the south coast, a stone circle is located in the settlement of Lochbuie.

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Background

History

]] The Isle of Mull has probably been inhabited since shortly after the end of the last Ice Age, around 11,000 years ago. This is evidenced by radiocarbon dating done in a Mesolithic hut at Crieth Dubh on the northwest coast of the island. Later, Bronze Age and Iron Age inhabitants built brochs at Dun Nan Gall and An Sean Chaisteal, and a stone circle at Lochbuie along with numerous burial cairns. Two crannogs there have been dated to the Iron Age. In the 6th century AD, Irish migrants invaded Mull and the surrounding coast and established the Gaelic kingdom of Dál Riata. The kingdom was divided into a number of regions, each controlled by a different kinship group. One of these, the Cenél…

Visiting

There is a small amount of farming, aquaculture, and fishing, and Forestry and Land Scotland has several plantations on the island. Tobermory also has one whisky distillery (Tobermory distillery) and from 2005 to 2009 had a brewery (Isle of Mull Brewing Company). Tiroran is home to the island's other distillery (Whitetail Gin) which was established as the isle's first new distillery in over 220 years in 2019. Tourism is now the mainstay of the island's economy. The economy began to revive when construction of Craignure Pier in 1964 started to bring tourists. Ecotourism became popular from the 1990s, and the reintroduction of white-tailed eagles in 2005 became a particular ecotourist…

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Coordinates: 56.4500, -6.0000
Population: 2,800

Sources

wikidata: Q111444 (CC0)
wikipedia: Isle of Mull (CC BY-SA 4.0)
commons: Ben More (Mull).jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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