Rubha nan Gall, Mull

Name: Rubha nan Gall
Address: Mull, United Kingdom

#3 among attractions in Mull

Top attraction, Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture

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Rubha nan Gall lighthouse is located north of Tobermory on the Isle of Mull beside the Sound of Mull. The name means "Stranger's Point" in Scottish Gaelic. It was built in 1857 by David and Thomas Stevenson and is operated by the Northern Lighthouse Board. The lighthouse was automated in 1960 and the nearby former keepers' cottages are privately owned. ()

Coordinates: 56°38'19"N, 6°3'58"W

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Mull United Kingdom

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Rubha nan Gall – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Glengorm Castle, Mull Aquarium, Mull Theatre, Mingarry Castle.

4.2 miW
Gothic Revival architecture, Forts and castles
Glengorm Castle, Mull
108 min walk • Glengorm Castle, also known as Castle Sorn, is a 19th-century country house on the Isle of Mull, Scotland. Located in Mishnish, 6 kilometres northwest of Tobermory at the end of a dead end road, the house is protected as a Category B listed building.
1.3 miS
56°37'13"N • 6°4'6"W
Mull Aquarium, Tobermory
33 min walk • Aquarium, Visitor center, Park
2.6 miSE
Concerts and shows, Theater
Mull Theatre, Tobermory
65 min walk • Mull Little Theatre was a theatre on the Isle of Mull in the Inner Scottish Hebrides. Built from the shell of an old byre in 1963 by Barrie and Marianne Hesketh, it began as the Thursday Theatre, an entertainment for the paying guests of the Druimard Guest House.
3.8 miN
Forts and castles
Mingarry Castle
98 min walk • Mingary Castle, also known as Mingarry Castle, is a castle situated one mile southeast of the small village of Kilchoan in Lochaber, Scotland. Nestled on ridge of rock overlooking the sea, it was considered a strategically important site in terms of communication with overseas areas and as an entranceway to the Sound of Mull.
1.1 miS
56°37'24"N • 6°4'1"W
Mull Museum, Tobermory
28 min walk • Specialty museum, Museum
1.3 miS
Brewery, Distillery, Whiskey distillery
Tobermory Distillery, Tobermory
32 min walk • Tobermory distillery is a Scotch whisky distillery situated on the Hebridean island of Mull, Scotland in the town of Tobermory. The distillery, which was formerly known as Ledaig, was founded in 1798 and has changed hands several times, having undergone a number of periods of closure.
6.9 miSW
Natural attraction, Waterfall
Eas Fors, Dervaig
177 min walk • Eas Fors is a waterfall on the island of Mull in Scotland. It is situated on the Allt an Eas Fors south of Dervaig.
1.2 miS
Distillery, Whiskey distillery
Tobermory Single Malt, Tobermory
32 min walk • Tobermory Single Malt is a Scotch whisky distilled by the Tobermory Distillery, Tobermory on the Isle of Mull, a Hebridean island in western Scotland, north of the isle of Islay.
1.7 miSE
Uninhabited island with diving
Calve Island
43 min walk • Calve Island is an uninhabited low-lying island off the east coast of the Isle of Mull in Argyll and Bute on the west coast of Scotland. A whitewashed farmhouse with substantial outbuildings stands on the western shore, used as a summer residence. The island is 1+1⁄4 miles in length, and 1⁄2 mile wide at its widest point.

Rubha nan Gall, Mull

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Rubha nan Gall – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)