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Loch Scridain
Loch Scridain is a sea loch, with a west-south west aspect, on the western, or Atlantic coastline of the Isle of Mull, in the Inner Hebrides, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Geography Loch Scridain extends inland as far as the island's only Munro and extinct volcano, Ben More, a large massif on the Ardmeanach peninsula to the north; the imposing Bearraich hill overlooks the mouth of the loch. To the south is the Ross of Mull, the longest peninsula on Mull, that reaches past the sea loch boundary into the Atlantic. Near the head of Loch Scridain is the Aird of Kinloch, a small peninsula that almost separates the main loch from the small inner sea loch, Loch Beg. Loch Beg is fed by the River Coladoir. Seabank Villa on the lochside at Kilfinichen Bay is the type locality for the mineral mullite. Mindat.org. Retrieved 22 October 2012. Settlem ...
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Isle Of Mull
The Isle of Mull ( gd, An t-Eilean Muileach ) or just Mull (; gd, Muile, links=no ) is the second-largest island of the Inner Hebrides (after Skye) and lies off the west coast of Scotland in the Council areas of Scotland, council area of Argyll and Bute. Covering , Mull is the fourth-largest island in Scotland and Great Britain. From 2001 to 2020, the population has gradually increased: during 2020 the populace was estimated to be 3,000, in the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census it was approximately 2,800, and in 2001, it was measured at 2,667 people. 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, Mull, 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 Tir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aird Of Kinloch
Aird of Kinloch (Gaelic:''An Àird'') is a rocky outcrop between Loch Scridain and Loch Beg on the Isle of Mull, Argyll and Bute, Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the .... References Rock formations of Scotland Landforms of the Isle of Mull {{Argyll-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sea Lochs Of Scotland
The sea, connected as the world ocean or simply the ocean, is the body of salty water that covers approximately 71% of the Earth's surface. The word sea is also used to denote second-order sections of the sea, such as the Mediterranean Sea, as well as certain large, entirely landlocked, saltwater lakes, such as the Caspian Sea. The sea moderates Earth's climate and has important roles in the water, carbon, and nitrogen cycles. Humans harnessing and studying the sea have been recorded since ancient times, and evidenced well into prehistory, while its modern scientific study is called oceanography. The most abundant solid dissolved in seawater is sodium chloride. The water also contains salts of magnesium, calcium, potassium, and mercury, amongst many other elements, some in minute concentrations. Salinity varies widely, being lower near the surface and the mouths of large rivers and higher in the depths of the ocean; however, the relative proportions of dissolved salts vary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carsaig Bay
Carsaig Bay is a cove on the Ross of Mull in the south of the Isle of Mull, off the west coast of Scotland. It is situated eastward of Rudha Fhaoilean, and south of Pennyghael. The bay is small and is surrounded by high, precipitous hills. It is unsafe for water craft, except in the part sheltered by the island of Gamhnach Mhòr, where small vessels can obtain anchorage. The northeastern part of Carsaig Bay is rocky and foul from offshore from the eastern end of Gamhnach Mhòr to the head of the bay. Three of the rocks are marked by perches to facilitate the approach to Carsaig Quay. The tidal streams along the south coast of Mull are weak westward of Carsaig Bay. Geography and geology The bay is on the south coast of the Ross of Mull and extends from Rubh' a' Chromain in the west to Carraig Mhòr in the east. It is accessible from the A849 from Craignure, which leads to an unclassified road east of Bunessan, the last stretch of which is steep and very narrow. The precipi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fionnphort
Fionnphort (, ) is the principal port of the Ross of Mull, and the second largest settlement in the area (its population is approximately 80). The village's name is the anglicised pronunciation of the Gaelic for "White Port" and previous names have included Caol Idhe, Gaelic for "Sound of Iona".Ross of Mull Historical Centre (2004). ''Exploring the Ross...'', p. 22. Ross of Mull Historical Centre, Bunessan, Isle of Mull History Historically, Fionnphort has been a fishing village offering religious pilgrims and tourists access to Iona; more recently, it has facilitated the movement of stone from a quarry in the vicinity. The granite which was extracted from Tòrr Mòr Quarry until around 1907 was highly prized for its density and hardness. Geography The beach at Fionnphort has a distinctive split granite boulder in the centre that is classed as an erratic and deposited here by an ice age glacier. The beach has a car park and a nearby cemetery. From Fionnphort, the entire east ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bunessan
Bunessan ( gd, 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, and is situated on the A849. Community In 1961 it had a population of 107. 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. The village still has a lobster fishery. Bunessan village has one hotel, The Argyll Arms (the only pub in the area), one grocery shop and a craft shop. 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 th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A849 Road (Great Britain)
List of A roads in zone 8 in Great Britain starting north of the A8 and west of the A9 (roads beginning with 8). Single- and double-digit roads Triple-digit roads Four-digit roads See also * B roads in Zone 8 of the Great Britain numbering scheme * List of motorways in the United Kingdom This list of motorways in the United Kingdom is a complete list of motorways in the United Kingdom. Note that the numbering scheme used for Great Britain does not include roads in Northern Ireland, which are allocated numbers on an ad hoc basis ... * Transport in Glasgow#Other Roads * Transport in Scotland#Road {{UK road lists 8 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennyghael
Pennyghael ( gd, Peighinn nan Gàidheal) is a small village in the Ross of Mull, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is located along the A849 road aligned along the coast line of Ross, on Loch Scridain in southwestern Mull, along the road to Bunessan. The Leidle River passes to the west of the village into the Loch. Geography The village is approached from the west over a small bridge across the Leidle River, known as Pennyghael Bridge. The A849 rubble bridge contains a single arch and dates to 1835–6. The Pennyghael Estate covers roughly and extends to the sea cliffs at Carsaig Bay and from Kinloch in the east to Aird Fada in the west. Pennyghael has a weather observation station which is equipped with Simple Auroral Magnetometer, thermometer and hygrometer which are enclosed in a small Stevenson Screen and fixed on the wall of the observatory building here. History There is an inference that the name of the country could have derived from the usage “The Pennyland of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiroran
Tiroran is hamlet and country estate on the Isle of Mull in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Tiroran House is the principal house and small estate which is currently a well established holiday business with several properties & also home to the Whitetail gin distillery, shop and cafe (2020) This small estate ( in total) has been owned by the Mackay/Munro family since 2004 History In the late 18th century Tiroran House was associated with the McKinnon family. Several family members are documented to have lived in the area and then served in the war with America in 1775. In Victorian times, the Tiroran Estate was owned by Maude Cheape (known as the Squire of Bentley) but was sold several times over - in the late 20th century Sue and Robin Blockey purchased various estate properties and turned the main Tiroran House into an hotel, purchased in 1997 by Colin and Jane Tindal and then subsequently by Laurence and Katie Mackay (2004) Tiroran is home to the first distillery to be opened on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mullite
Mullite or porcelainite is a rare silicate mineral formed during contact metamorphism of clay minerals. It can form two stoichiometric forms: 3 Al2 O32 SiO2 or 2Al2O3 SiO2. Unusually, mullite has no charge-balancing cations present. As a result, there are three different aluminium sites: two distorted tetrahedral and one octahedral. Mullite was first described in 1924 for an occurrence on the Isle of Mull, Scotland. It occurs as argillaceous inclusions in volcanic rocks in the Isle of Mull, inclusions in sillimanite within a tonalite at Val Sissone, Italy and with emerylike rocks in Argyllshire, Scotland. Porcellanite Mullite (porcelainite) can be found as a constituent mineral in a type of thermally-metamorphosed rock called porcellanite. Use in porcelain Mullite is present in the form of needles in porcelain. It is produced during various melting and firing processes, and is used as a refractory material,H. Schneider & S. Komarneni (2005) Mullite. Wiley, VCH, 509 pp, becau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Type Locality (geology)
Type locality, also called type area, is the locality where a particular rock type, stratigraphic unit or mineral species is first identified. If the stratigraphic unit in a locality is layered, it is called a stratotype, whereas the standard of reference for unlayered rocks is the type locality. The term is similar to the term type site in archaeology or the term type specimen in biology. Examples of geological type localities Rocks and minerals * Aragonite: Molina de Aragón, Guadalajara, Spain * Autunite: Autun, France * Benmoreite: Ben More (Mull), Scotland * Blairmorite: Blairmore, Alberta, Canada * Boninite: Bonin Islands, Japan * Comendite: Comende, San Pietro Island, Sardinia * Cummingtonite: Cummington, Massachusetts * Dunite: Dun Mountain, New Zealand. * Essexite: Essex County, Massachusetts, US * Fayalite: Horta, Fayal Island, Azores, Portugal * Harzburgite: Bad Harzburg, Germany * Icelandite: Thingmuli (Þingmúli), Iceland * Ijolite: Iivaara, Kuusamo, Finl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ross Of Mull
The Ross of Mull (Scottish Gaelic: ''An Ros Mhuileach'') is the largest peninsula of the Isle of Mull, about long, and makes up the south-western part of the island. It is bounded to the north by Loch Scridain and to the south by the Firth of Lorne. The main villages are Bunessan and Fionnphort, with smaller settlements including Ardtun, Camas, Carsaig, Knockan, Pennyghael and Uisken. Knocknafenaig, Suidhe, and Shiaba are three of the many cleared settlements on the Ross. Historically the area's main industries consisted of crofting, fishing, kelp, and granite quarries. By 2011 this had shifted with tourism becoming the greatest employer accounting for 29% of employment, while between them farming and fishing made up 15%. The 1886 novel ''Kidnapped'' by Robert Louis Stevenson is partially set on the island of Erraid, a tidal island to the south west of the Ross of Mull. The 1945 film ''I Know Where I'm Going!'', directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, was prin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
