Bunessan

Bunessan (Scottish Gaelic: Bun Easain) is a small village on the Ross of Mull in the south-west of the Isle of Mull, off the west coast of Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Kilfinichen and Kilvickeon,[2] and is situated on the A849.[3]

Bunessan
  • Scottish Gaelic: Bun Easain

Bunessan village viewed from the road to Fionnphort
Bunessan
Location within Argyll and Bute
Population300 (approx.)
OS grid referenceNM381217
Civil parish
  • Kilfinichen and Kilvickeon
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townISLE OF MULL
Postcode districtPA67
Dialling code01681
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament
Bunessan Lighthouse
Eileanan Liathanaitch
Gray Islands
Argyll and Bute
LocationGray Islands
Bunessan
Isle of Mull
Argyll and Bute
Scotland
United Kingdom
Coordinates56.342770°N 6.272858°W / 56.342770; -6.272858
Year first constructed1901 (first)
Year first lit2001 (current)
Automated2001
Deactivated2001 (first)
Constructionmetal skeletal tower
Tower shapequadrangular tower with aluminium panels as daymark
Markings / patternwhite tower
Tower height5 metres (16 ft)
Focal height12 metres (39 ft)
CharacteristicFl WR 6s.
Admiralty numberA4102
NGA number4008
ARLHS numberSCO-026
Managing agentNorthern Lighthouse Board[1]

Community

The village population is about 300, including the surrounding areas of Millbrae, Fountainhead and Ardtun. A village hall is used for dances throughout the year. The primary school for the Ross of Mull is found in Bunessan.

Economy

Business has included crofting, a mill (now home to the Ross of Mull Historical Centre), weaving and a small fishing fleet, up to the end of the 20th century. Bunessan village has one hotel, The Argyll Arms (the only pub in the area), one grocery shop and a craft shop.

The village still has a thriving lobster fishery. Some of the largest lobsters in the west coast of Scotland can be found at the top of Loch Scridain, in an area known as "The Pool".

Hymn tune

Bunessan lends its name to a hymn tune, originally associated with the Christmas carol "Child in the Manger", then later with hymn "Morning Has Broken".

Lighthouse

Bunessan lighthouse is located on a skerry of Gray Island in the entrance to Loch na Lathaich and the harbour of Bunessan. The present lighthouse is a metal skeletal tower covered by white aluminium panel as day mark and the light on the top. The light emits a white or red flash, depending on the direction every 6 seconds.

See also

References
  1. Bunessan Lighthouse The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 22 May 2016
  2. "Details of Bunessan". Scottish Places. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  3. "A849". Sabre. Retrieved 31 December 2014.



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