Bunessan
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 Bunessan village viewed from the road toFionnphort | |
  Bunessan Location withinArgyll and Bute | |
| Population | 107 (1961) |
| OS grid reference | NM381217 |
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| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ISLE OF MULL |
| Postcode district | PA67 |
| Dialling code | 01681 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
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| Bunessan Lighthouse Eileanan Liathanaitch Gray Islands   | |
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| Coordinates | 56°20′34″N6°16′22″W / 56.342770°N 6.272858°W /56.342770; -6.272858 |
| Constructed | 1901 (first) |
| Construction | metal skeletal tower |
| Automated | 2001 |
| Height | 5 metres (16 ft) |
| Shape | quadrangular tower with aluminium panels as daymark |
| Markings | white tower |
| Operator | Northern Lighthouse Board[1] |
| First lit | 2001 (current) |
| Deactivated | 2001 (first) |
| Focal height | 12 metres (39 ft) |
| Range | 8 nmi (15 km; 9.2 mi) (white), 6 nmi (11 km; 6.9 mi) (red) |
| Characteristic | Fl WR 6s. |
| 56°18′58″N6°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 theRoss of Mull, a peninsula in the south-west of theIsle of Mull, off the west coast ofScotland. The settlement is atOS grid reference NM382217,[3] within the parish ofKilfinichen and Kilvickeon,[4] and is situated on theA849,[5] at the head of a cove at the southern end ofLoch na Làthaich.
In 1961[needs update] it had a population of 107.[4] A village hall is used for dances throughout the year. The primary school for the Ross of Mull is found in Bunessan.
Business has includedcrofting, a mill (now home to the Ross of Mull Historical Centre), weaving and a small fishing fleet, up to the end of the 20th century. The village still has a lobster fishery.[6]
Bunessan village has one grocery shop and a craft shop.
It also has one hotel, The Bunessan Inn (previously named Argyll Arms)[7] (the only pub in the area). It claims to have been established over three centuries ago (the exact date is unknown). The earliest record of the inn was in 1773 whenDr Samuel Johnson andJames Boswell, on their way to the isle ofIona, stopped at the inn in search of rum or brandy; but upon asking the innkeeper they found that the supplies were empty due to a funeral a few days before.[8][9] The building, which is Category C listed, is described byHistoric Environment Scotland as dating fromc. 1800 with mid-1960s extensions.[7]
Mary Macdonald (Màiri Dhòmhnallach) from the nearby crofting community ofArdtun used a traditional local melody for herScottish GaelicChristmas carol titledLeanabh an Àigh. In the 1880s Lachlan Macbean translated the text as "Child in the Manger" and called the air "Bunessan". The tune was reused in the 1930s for the hymn "Morning Has Broken".
Bunessan lighthouse is located on a skerry of Gray Island in the entrance to Loch na Làthaich and the harbour of Bunessan. The present lighthouse is a metal skeletal tower covered by white aluminium panel as adaymark and the light on the top. The light emits a white or red flash, depending on the direction every six seconds.
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