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Salen (Scottish Gaelic: An t-Sàilean[1]) is a settlement on the Isle of Mull, Scotland.[2] It is on the east coast of the island, on the Sound of Mull, approximately halfway between Craignure and Tobermory. The full name of the settlement is 'Sàilean Dubh Chaluim Chille' (the little black bay of St Columba). In 1991 it had a population of 500.[3]

Salen Scottish Gaelic: An t-Sàilean
Houses in Salen
Salen Location within Argyll and Bute
Population	500 (1991)
OS grid reference	NM5743
Council area	Argyll and Bute
Lieutenancy area	Argyll and Bute
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ISLE OF MULL
Postcode district	PA72
Dialling code	01680
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Argyll and Bute
Scottish Parliament	Argyll and Bute
List of places UK Scotland 56.517°N 5.948°W / 56.517; -5.948

History

Until the early 1800s, the site of today's village was no more than an unremarkable junction of tracks. The Laird of Gruline and Ulva, Lachlan Macquarie, decided that there was commercial advantage in establishing a village and harbour on the nearest point on the Sound of Mull to his estates: and so Salen came into being.

St Columba visited Salen and preached from a rocky bluff behind the Salen Hotel.

Transport

The mailboat service from Oban to Mull formerly called at Salen pier en route to Tobermory. From 1964 the new ferries required bigger piers and Craignure was established as the main ferry terminus on the island due to its central location for visitors to Tobermory and Iona. This meant the end for Salen as a mailboat destination.

A minor road branches off here towards Gruline and various places on the west side of Mull.

The psychiatrist Angus MacNiven FRSE (1900-1984) is buried in Salen churchyard.[4]

References

External links

• Canmore - Salen, Salen and Ulva Parish Church site record
• Canmore - Mull, Salen, Salen Free Church site record
• Canmore - Mull, Salen, Fort site record

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