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Isle of Mull Days Out

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TOBERMORY Aros Park DRIMNIN DID YOU KNOW? 9 Tobermory is the capital of the Isle of Mull in the Scottish Inner Hebrides. It is located in the northeastern 56 21 part of the island, near the northern Calgary Bay entrance of the Sound of Mull. With DERVAIG a current population of approx. 700, the town was built in 1788. The name Tobermory is derived from the Gaelic SOUND OF MULL Tobar Mhoire, meaning “Mary’s Well”. The name refers to a well located nearby which was dedicated in ancient times to the Virgin Mary. Aros Castle 17 8 KILVICKEON BEACH 5 OS Map Grid: Eas Fors SALEN NM 410 187 Waterfall

15 LANGAMULL 9 OS Map Grid: Lunga KILLICHRONAN NM 383 540 2 Ulva LOCH 7 10 LAGGAN SANDS NA KEAL OS Map Grid: NM 621 244 Staff a DID YOU KNOW? KEY

The geological processes that make Castle Mull and Iona’s landscapes hold BENMORE Standing Stones fascination for geology scientists from around the World. The youngest Camping Site and the oldest rocks in the British Isles WCs can be found in these islands, Filling Station spanning a geological history of Tourist information around 3 billion years.

90% of Mull’s landscape consists ROUTES of stepped plateaux, made up of 2 hours without stops successive lava fl ows, dating back a mere 60 million years. This landscape 2 hours without stops was previously two or three times 2 hours without stops higher than it is today, but weathering PENNYGHAEL and glacial erosion in the last 50 million LOCH years has sculpted this environment SCRIDAIN into what we see now. Iona Iona Abbey UISKEN BEACH 11 OS Map Grid: NM 390 187 FIONNPHORT CARSAIG 4 3 12 CARSAIG ARCHES BUNESSAN OS Map Grid: 12 NM 495 184 11 8 19 13 20 MOY CASTLE UISKEN OS Map Grid: NM 617 247

14 LOCHBUIE TOBERMORY & ULVA FERRY IONA & FIONNPHORT 15 KILLIECHRONAN STONE CIRCLE KILCHOAN BOAT TRIPS BOAT TRIPS BOAT TRIPS PONY TREKKING OS Map Grid: Sealife Surveys, Turus Mara Staff a Tours, Staff a Trips, T: 07748 807447 NM 617 251 Staff a Tours Mull Charters Alternative Boat Hire W: www.mullponytrekking.co.uk

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