The village of Lochbuie is situated at the head of Loch Buie on the south coast of the Isle of Mull some 14 miles from the ferry terminal at Craignure. The area is renowned for its scenic landscape, shimmering beaches, abundant wildlife.
Lochbuie
The village of Lochbuie is situated at the head of Loch Buie on the south coast of the Isle of Mull some 14 miles from the ferry terminal at Craignure. The area is renowned for its scenic landscape, shimmering beaches, abundant wildlife.
Lochbuie is a walkers paradise and there are many walks around the village, to the Stone Circle, Moy Castle, St. Kilda’s Church, Laggan Sands, Iron Age Fort and the Mausoleum. For the more adventurous there is a beautiful shore walk to Carsaig.
St. Kilda's Church
The church is in the Diocese of Argyll and the Isles and was built by Murdoch MacLaine of Lochbuie in 1876. Local rumour has it that originally it was to have been consecrated to St. Oran but this was changed to St. Kilda. Read more
Lochbuie Mausoleum
The building was converted into a Mausoleum for the MacLaines of Lochbuie in 1864 in memory of Donald MacLaine, 22nd of Lochbuie, when a thorough restoration took place. The roof is of the same period. A further renovation then took place in 1972. Read more
Dunan Mor
There are several Duns or Iron-age Forts on the Isle of Mull. These were fortified sites – a comparatively small defensive enclosure with disproportionately thick walls enclosing an area that rarely exceeded 375 square metres. 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 […]