Muck Island - 4 Things to Know Before Visiting

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Muck is the smallest of four main islands in the Small Isles, part of the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The larger part of the island is formed from olivine-phyric basalt flows erupted during the Palaeocene.

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The Mull Museum

The Mull Museum

25.85km from Muck Island

This is a smal museum on the Isle of Mull filled with interesting objects and displays of island life. Its exhibits include fossils, Standing Stones, a Spanish Galleon as well as crafting and a Second World War display.

Aros Park

Aros Park

27.54km from Muck Island

Aros Park is a park and an area of woodland managed by the Forestry Commission on the outskirts of Tobermory on the Isle of Mull and has an elevation of 105 feet. . Trails wander through attractive woodland, lush with ferns and waterfalls. A look-out at Alainn View that will lift you high into the tree tops.

Eas Fors Waterfall

Eas Fors Waterfall

37.29km from Muck Island

Eas Fors Waterfall is located in Isle of Mull. It consists of a series of three waterfalls, the Upper Falls being above the road, and the Middle Falls just below the road. There is a lovely pool below the Midde Falls and a great place to have a picnic , but not with young children as this is potentially a very dangerous location.

Gometra

Gometra

38.55km from Muck Island

Gometra is an island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, lying west of Mull. The island has been owned since 1992 by Roc Sandford, a wealthy environmental campaigner who lives mostly in London and part of the year on Gometra. The island is agricultural, formerly growing grain for the Iona Abbey. It has no ferry. One of the few services it does have is a weekly postal service.

Islas Hébridas Interiores

Islas Hébridas Interiores

40.08km from Muck Island

The Inner Hebrides islands are an archipelago of Scotland located southeast of the Outer Hebrides . Traditionally the Inner Hebrides are divided into two groups: those of the North and those of the South. The settlement of the Inner Hebrides began when the Scandinavian Vikings arrived there before the 9th century BC. C. The Nordic Control formally began in 1098 when Edgar of Scotland put the islands in the hands of Magnus III , King of Norway

Fingal's Cave

Fingal's Cave

45.41km from Muck Island

A beautiful sea cave in the basalt southwest coast of Staffa, an island of the Inner Hebrides, western Scotland. It has a length of 270 feet and its arched roof is said to reach between 66 feet and 72 feet above sea level. It became known as Fingal's Cave after the eponymous hero of an epic poem by 18th-century Scots poet-historian James Macpherson. It was now under the control of the National Trust for Scotland.

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Highland

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Highland is a council area in the Scottish Highlands and is the largest local government area in the United Kingdom. Though relatively populous for a Scottish council area, it is also sparsely populated. At 9.0 per km2 in 2012, the population density is less than one seventh of Scotland's as a whole.

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For more information about Muck Island, visit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muck,_Scotland