Bunessan

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
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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.
List of places
UK
Scotland
56°18′58″N 6°14′06″W / 56.316°N 6.235°W / 56.316; -6.235

Bunessan (Scottish Gaelic: Bun Easain), meaning "bottom of the waterfall",[2] is a small village on the Ross of Mull, a peninsula in the south-west of the Isle of Mull, off the west coast of Scotland. The settlement is at OS grid reference NM382218,[3] within the parish of Kilfinichen and Kilvickeon,[4] and is situated on the A849,[5] at the head of a cove at the southern end of Loch na Làthaich.

  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] Scottish Parliament
  3. ^ "ARGYLL ARMS HOTEL BUNESSAN (LB12306)". portal.historicenvironment.scot. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Details of Bunessan". Scottish Places. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  5. ^ "A849". Sabre. Retrieved 31 December 2014.