Bunessan
Bunessan village viewed from the road to Fionnphort
Bunessan is located in Argyll and Bute
Bunessan
Bunessan
Location within Argyll and Bute
Population107 (1961)
OS grid referenceNM381217
Civil parish
  • Kilfinichen and Kilvickeon
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townISLE OF MULL
Postcode districtPA67
Dialling code01681
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament
Bunessan Lighthouse
Eileanan Liathanaitch
Gray Islands
Coordinates56°20′34″N 6°16′22″W / 56.342770°N 6.272858°W / 56.342770; -6.272858
Constructed1901 (first)
Constructionmetal skeletal tower
Automated2001
Height5 metres (16 ft)
Shapequadrangular tower with aluminium panels as daymark
Markingswhite tower
OperatorNorthern Lighthouse Board[1]
First lit2001 (current)
Deactivated2001 (first)
Focal height12 metres (39 ft)
Range8 nmi (15 km; 9.2 mi) (white), 6 nmi (11 km; 6.9 mi) (red) Edit this on Wikidata
CharacteristicFl WR 6s.

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]

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

Mary M. Macdonald (Màiri Dhòmhnallach) from the nearby crofting community of Ardtun used a traditional local melody for her Scottish Gaelic Christmas carol "Leanabh an àigh". In the 1880s Lachlan Macbean translated the text as "Child in the Manger" and called the air "Bunessan". The tune was reused in the 1930s for the 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

References

  1. ↑ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Scotland: Argyll and Bute". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Details of Bunessan". Scottish Places. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "A849". Sabre. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "Bunessan: Argyll and Bute". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 8 December 2020.


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