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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
Population	107 (1961)
OS grid reference	NM381217
Civil parish	Kilfinichen and Kilvickeon
Council area	Argyll and Bute
Lieutenancy area	Argyll and Bute
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ISLE OF MULL
Postcode district	PA67
Dialling code	01681
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Argyll and Bute
Scottish Parliament	Argyll and Bute
Bunessan Lighthouse Eileanan Liathanaitch Gray Islands
Coordinates	56.342770°N 6.272858°W / 56.342770; -6.272858
Constructed	1901 (first)
Construction	metal skeletal tower
Automated	2001
Height	5 metres (16 ft)
Shape	quadrangular tower with aluminium panels as daymark
Markings	white tower
Operator	Northern Lighthouse Board[1]
First lit	2001 (current)
Deactivated	2001 (first)
Focal height	12 metres (39 ft)
Range	8 nmi (15 km; 9.2 mi) (white), 6 nmi (11 km; 6.9 mi) (red)
Characteristic	Fl WR 6s.
List of places UK Scotland 56.316°N 6.235°W / 56.316; -6.235

Community

In 1961 it had a population of 107.[2] 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.[4]

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 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

• List of lighthouses in Scotland
• List of Northern Lighthouse Board lighthouses

References

External links

• Canmore - Mull, Bunessan, Kilvickeon Church site record
• Canmore - Mull, An Caisteal site record
• Canmore - Mull, Bunessan site record
• Canmore - Mull, Sheepknowe Cottage site record
• Canmore - Mull, Bunessan, Mill Brae site record
• Northern Lighthouse Board
• Closeup of the lighthouse

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