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05.05.2001 Mull, Hebrides, Scotland, UK Inland lake on Mull Mull is at the centre of a group of islands. The best known of the smaller islands are Iona and Staffa, with its famed rock formations and Fingal's Cave. Others in the Mull group, most with a history worth investigating are Ulva and Gometra, Inch Kenneth the holy isle (once owned by the Redesdale family, parents of the Mitford girls), Eorsa, Little Colonsay, Erisgeir, Erraid the inhospitable island of Robert Louis Stevenson's "Kidnapped", and the Treshnish Isles, a group in themselves and noted for their wildlife. The main town on Mull is Tobermory, with its multi-coloured shops, restaurants, hotels and houses. Tobermory is the starting point for many wildlife trips both on land and sea. In recent years, whale and dolphin watching has become very popular and the Whale and Dolphin Trust has its survey centre and shop on the main street. Tobermory also has a museum, distillery, golfcourse and many smaller attractions. The centre of the island is mountainous and a haven for wildlife and walkers. Benmore is the largest mountain and is traditionally known by walkers as "The last Munro". The southern peninsula of Mull is known as the "Ross of Mull". It extends from Pennyghael to Fionnphort. Fionnphort is the village where you can catch the ferry to Iona, as well as trips to Staffa and the Treshnish isles. The "Ross" is well known for its granite and spectacular beaches.
05.05.2001 Mull, Hebrides, Scotland, UK Inland lake on Mull Mull is at the centre of a group of islands. The best known of the smaller islands are Iona and Staffa, with its famed rock formations and Fingal's Cave. Others in the Mull group, most with a history worth investigating are Ulva and Gometra, Inch Kenneth the holy isle (once owned by the Redesdale family, parents of the Mitford girls), Eorsa, Little Colonsay, Erisgeir, Erraid the inhospitable island of Robert Louis Stevenson's "Kidnapped", and the Treshnish Isles, a group in themselves and noted for their wildlife. The main town on Mull is Tobermory, with its multi-coloured shops, restaurants, hotels and houses. Tobermory is the starting point for many wildlife trips both on land and sea. In recent years, whale and dolphin watching has become very popular and the Whale and Dolphin Trust has its survey centre and shop on the main street. Tobermory also has a museum, distillery, golfcourse and many smaller attractions. The centre of the island is mountainous and a haven for wildlife and walkers. Benmore is the largest mountain and is traditionally known by walkers as "The last Munro". The southern peninsula of Mull is known as the "Ross of Mull". It extends from Pennyghael to Fionnphort. Fionnphort is the village where you can catch the ferry to Iona, as well as trips to Staffa and the Treshnish isles. The "Ross" is well known for its granite and spectacular beaches.
05.05.2001 Iona, Hebrides, Scotland, UK Picture shows West coast of the island "The bay behind the ocean" with bench " For the Gaels, Iona is I Chaluim Chille - the isle of Colm Cille, an Irish priest and prince who was to become revered as Saint Columba. A tiny island, of typically Hebridean beauty, it holds a unique place in the story of Scotland and kindles the imagination of thousands who journey there each year. Yet it is also where people have lived, worked and worshipped over many centuries. To and from its shores have come monks and pilgrims, clan chiefs and kings, artists and craftsmen, farmers and fishermen. Of the earliest, we catch only fleeting glimpses now: a few Stone Age flints and tools, unearthed by the plough; a grassy cairn where some Bronze Age mourners laid their dead; fragments of pots, beads and bones which speak of a thriving Iron Age community early in the first millenium. Later, members of the Columban settlement became skilled in the working of metal, glass, wood and leather. Succeeding generations bequeathed a rich artistic legacy in their intricately carved stones and crosses, fine prayers and poems, and exquisite illuminated manuscripts. The life of the crofting population down the ages is etched into rigs on the landscape, immortalised in Gaelic placenames and remembered in local lore.
05.05.2001 Iona, Hebrides, Scotland, UK Picture shows east end of the island with buried seagull " For the Gaels, Iona is I Chaluim Chille - the isle of Colm Cille, an Irish priest and prince who was to become revered as Saint Columba. A tiny island, of typically Hebridean beauty, it holds a unique place in the story of Scotland and kindles the imagination of thousands who journey there each year. Yet it is also where people have lived, worked and worshipped over many centuries. To and from its shores have come monks and pilgrims, clan chiefs and kings, artists and craftsmen, farmers and fishermen. Of the earliest, we catch only fleeting glimpses now: a few Stone Age flints and tools, unearthed by the plough; a grassy cairn where some Bronze Age mourners laid their dead; fragments of pots, beads and bones which speak of a thriving Iron Age community early in the first millenium. Later, members of the Columban settlement became skilled in the working of metal, glass, wood and leather. Succeeding generations bequeathed a rich artistic legacy in their intricately carved stones and crosses, fine prayers and poems, and exquisite illuminated manuscripts. The life of the crofting population down the ages is etched into rigs on the landscape, immortalised in Gaelic placenames and remembered in local lore.
05.05.2001 Iona, Hebrides, Scotland, UK Picture shows West coast of the island "The bay behind the ocean" " For the Gaels, Iona is I Chaluim Chille - the isle of Colm Cille, an Irish priest and prince who was to become revered as Saint Columba. A tiny island, of typically Hebridean beauty, it holds a unique place in the story of Scotland and kindles the imagination of thousands who journey there each year. Yet it is also where people have lived, worked and worshipped over many centuries. To and from its shores have come monks and pilgrims, clan chiefs and kings, artists and craftsmen, farmers and fishermen. Of the earliest, we catch only fleeting glimpses now: a few Stone Age flints and tools, unearthed by the plough; a grassy cairn where some Bronze Age mourners laid their dead; fragments of pots, beads and bones which speak of a thriving Iron Age community early in the first millenium. Later, members of the Columban settlement became skilled in the working of metal, glass, wood and leather. Succeeding generations bequeathed a rich artistic legacy in their intricately carved stones and crosses, fine prayers and poems, and exquisite illuminated manuscripts. The life of the crofting population down the ages is etched into rigs on the landscape, immortalised in Gaelic placenames and remembered in local lore.
