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Distance - 1 mile
Time - 1 hour
OS Map Explorer 373
Grading - Easy
Terrain - Grassy track to beach
 This
is a delightful short walk which takes in a fabulous beach and the haunting ruin of Kilvickeon Old Parish Church
and Cemetery. Turn off the Craignure to Fionnphort
road just before Bunessan, signposted to Scoor. Keep going along a gravel
road at the end of which is parking space.
The church can easily be seen to
the right. There are then two gates to go through. This is the only medieval
parish church on the Ross of Mull, of which there are many worthwhile
remains. The entrance to the church,
 an archway, was on the north side and
is still intact. The door could be
secured by a draw-bar and the sockets for this can be seen in the right hand
wall as you enter. On the left, about a metre above eye-level is a very worn
piece of carved sandstone believed to be a 'sheela-na-gig' - either a
suggestive figure placed on an outer wall said to terrify and ward off evil
powers or a medieval fertility symbol. For
more information on the church see the
Mull Historical and Archaeological
Society website which has some excellent information on the site.
 Go back up
to the track and ascend down to Kilvickeon beach where there are lots of
sandy coves to explore and the chance to see seals and numerous sea birds.
Garbh Eilean is a tidal island on the stunning
beach at Kilvickeon, connected by a sand bar - a geological
feature called a tombolo. A
great place too for a picnic. Return the same way. |
