Craignure
| Craignure Gaelic: Creag an Iubhair | |
| Argyllshire | |
|---|---|
 The southern end of Craignure | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NM717371 |
| Location: | 56°28’16"N, 5°42’25"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 200 |
| Post town: | Isle of Mull |
| Postcode: | PA65 |
| Dialling code: | 01680 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Argyll and Bute |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Argyll and Bute |
Craignure is a village and the main ferry port on the Isle of Mull, Argyllshire. The village is within the parish of Torosay.[1]
The village is located around Craignure Bay, on Mull's east coast. It has a population of roughly 200 people. Close to the village are two castles: Torosay and Duart.
Transport
The original pier, on the south side of the bay, was built in 1894. The present pier, on the west side of the bay, was built in 1964.[2] Ferries run every two hours (3 to 5 times per day during the winter, 6 times per day during the summer) between Craignure and Oban (on the mainland).
Craignure is situated on the A849, an indirect route between Salen and Fionnphort.[3] The village is served by buses to Fionnphort and Tobermory.
Craignure railway station was on the now closed narrow gauge Isle of Mull Railway.
References
- ↑ "Details of Craignure". Scottish Places. http://www.scottish-places.info/towns/towndetails3784.html. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
- ↑ Macnab, P. A. (1970). The Isle of Mull:Island series; Industrial Archaeology of the British Isles. David & Charles. p. 106.
- ↑ "A849". Sabre. http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=A849. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Craignure) |
- Canmore - Mull, Craignure site record
- Canmore - Mull, Craignure site record
- Canmore - Cnoc Nan Cubairean, Old Burial Ground site record
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