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Castle
Duart Castle
Seat of Clan MacLean above the Sound of Mull; the castle dates from the 13th century and was restored from ruin in 1911.
A mini guide to
Tobermory and Mull: things to do
Places worth your time in Tobermory and Mull
Top places
Things to do in Tobermory and Mull
Landmarks, museums, parks and viewpoints in and around the area.
Harbour town
Tobermory harbour
Mull's main town, a harbour of painted houses along Main Street; about 1,045 people lived here in 2022.
Whisky distillery
Tobermory Distillery
Single malt whisky and gin distillery on the Tobermory waterfront; it also makes the peated Ledaig whiskies.
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Museum
Mull Museum
Volunteer-run museum of the island's history on Tobermory's Main Street; free entry, open March to the end of October.
Country house
Glengorm Castle
A 19th-century listed country house at the end of a dead-end road about 6 km north-west of Tobermory.
Beach
Calgary Bay
Sandy bay with machair on the north-west coast; the hamlet gave its name to Calgary in Canada.
Ruined castle
Aros Castle
Ruins of a 13th-century castle near Salen, overlooking the Sound of Mull.
Lighthouse
Rubha nan Gall Lighthouse
Lighthouse north of Tobermory built in 1857 by David and Thomas Stevenson; the name means "stranger's point".
Mountain
Ben More
Mull's highest mountain at 966 m and its only Munro, rising above the shores of Loch na Keal.
Ruined castle
Moy Castle
Ruined tower house near Lochbuie in the south-east of Mull, now a scheduled monument.
Islands and seabirds
Treshnish Isles
Small islands west of Mull; Lunga has one of Scotland's most accessible seabird colonies, with puffins, by boat trip in season.
Island
Ulva
Small island off Mull's west coast, reached across a narrow strait from Ulva Ferry; much of it is columnar basalt.
Sea loch
Loch na Keal
Long sea loch on Mull's west side, below Ben More, on the west side of the island.
Photo credits
- Tobermory and Mull (area photo): Philippe Giabbanelli, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Duart Castle: Philippe Giabbanelli, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tobermory harbour: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Tobermory Distillery: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Glengorm Castle: Rob Farrow, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Calgary Bay: Mary and Angus Hogg, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Aros Castle: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Rubha nan Gall Lighthouse: Colin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Ben More: Released into public domain by author/original uploader was Deus Ex at en.wikipedia, Public domain, source
- Moy Castle: s allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Treshnish Isles: Rob Farrow, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Ulva: Zenit, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Loch na Keal: Torsten Henning, Public domain, source
- Iona and the Ross of Mull: Lisa Stevens from Sutton Coldfield, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, used under the licences shown. All photo credits
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