A visit to the Isle of Mull would not be complete without a trip to the Bronze Age Lochbuie Standing Stone Circle. This is Mull’s only Stone Circle but there are many more sets of Standing Stones on the island, some accessible by car but many are hidden deep in the forest and can only be accessed on foot.
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Standing Stones
The Standing Stones of the Isle of Mull are unique to the Western Isles, and indeed the rest of Scotland, in that they are often arranged in the form of a small row of between three and five stones.
Following are details on some of the better known Standing Stones.
Maol Mor
The Maol Mor linear setting of four standing stones can be found in a clearing in forestry on the level top of the broad ridge of Maol Mor, and immediately to the South of the isolated rocky summit. Read more
Lochbuie Stone Circle
This is a beautifully situated and well preserved stone circle located near the shores of Loch Buie and overlooked by Ben Buie. The circle was originally nine granite stones, set in a ring about 12 metres in diameter, with the tallest stone being about two metres high. Read more
Dervaig Cemetery
There are three stones in Dervaig's newer cemetery, aligned approximately NNW-SSE, the most northern of which is now included in the dry stone wall. It is suggested that these stones are not being treated as well as their kin just up the hill at Cnoc Fada! Read more
Kilmore
The Kilmore or Cnoc Fada Standing Stones can be found in a clearing in trees at the South end of Cnoc Fada, just 230m North-west of the road from Dervaig to Tobermory. There is a small car park at the top of the hill. Read more
Quinish
The Quinish stones are a row of four stones only one of which now remains upright. The standing stone is 9'2" high. Close by are 2 fallen stones with an almost concealed fourth pillar. Reports suggest there was a fifth stone, now gone. Read more
Mull and Iona wildlife blog
- Return of the Whales May 2, 2012Despite frequent reports of sightings from fishing boats in the area, none of the trip boats from Tobermory had managed to get a view of one of our larger summer migrants yet, however today the skipper of Silver Swift took local Wildlife photographer Nic Davies out on a trip which resulted in 2 different Minke Whales being seen. Reports back from Nic was tha […]
- Dolphins occurring regularly off Mull May 1, 2012We are still to get our first Whale sighting of the year from any of the trip boats, but we are having sightings reported by the fishing boats so they are definitely out there somewhere! One of the main reasons is that the island seems much quieter than at the same time in recent years, which means there are less trips going out and recently all the interest […]