Bunessan
Bunessan (Scottish Gaelic: Bun Easain), meaning "bottom of the waterfall", 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, within the parish of Kilfinichen and Kilvickeon, and is situated on the A849, at the head of a cove at the southern end of Loch na Làthaich.
Bunessan
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Bunessan village viewed from the road to Fionnphort | |
Bunessan Location within Argyll and Bute | |
| Population | 107 (1961) |
| OS grid reference | NM381217 |
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| Council area | |
| Lieutenancy area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ISLE OF MULL |
| Postcode district | PA67 |
| Dialling code | 01681 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| UK Parliament | |
| Scottish Parliament | |
| Bunessan Lighthouse Eileanan Liathanaitch Gray Islands | |
| Coordinates | 56.342770°N 6.272858°W |
| 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 |
| 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. |
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