Lismore

The Lismore lighthouse at the entrance to the Sound of Mull is not on the Isle of Lismore as the name suggests, but on the small Islet of "Eilean Musdile" which is separated from the main island by a small channel. This photo was taken from a Cal-Mac ferry which pass just south of the Light on their daily journeys to and from the Inner and Outer Hebrides,

This small cottage (being renovated when I visited it) sits on the shore of the Lynn of Morvern at "An-Sailean Bay" on the west side of the "Isle of Lismore" It was probably home to one of the workers at the nearby Limestone Quarry where it was produced in large quantities for agriculture and cement during the Mid/Late 19th Centuary.

Lismore is a rare outcrop of limestone in the geology of the West Coast of Scotland, in the early 19th century the stone was quarried for profit, being burned in limekilns and shipped out in locally owned smacks for agricultural lime and building mortar. The remnants of limekilns and associated works are scattered around the Island, varying in size from a single kiln to the industrial centre here at Sailean. Lime was being worked in this part of the island by 1826, and continued into the 1930s. most of the buildings at Sailean are 19th century. The buildings at Sailean served a sizeable operation and workforce, and included a Manager’s Office, Worker’s Cottages and a shop next to a Cottage on the pier. Some of the houses were inhabited in living memory. In the far top right of the photo can be seen in the distance “Glensanda Quarry” Europe’s largest quarry and ships out some 7 million tonnes of Granite each year.

View On Black click here Eilean Musdile lighthouse sits on a tiny island at the very South end of the Isle of Lismore, a nice snowy capped backdrop whilst passing by today in tremendous weather for February.

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Shore Cottage at Sailen Village on the Isle of Lismore Scotland, now lies abandoned but in years gone by this would have been part of a thriving community, with it’s own Shop, Harbour and Lime Kiln works where up until the late 1930s it was in full production. Scattered around the village are plenty of abandoned and ruined buildings of a past industrial era.

Standing on a rocky outcrop and commanding panoramic views over Lismore and the Firth of Lorn, Tirefour Broch is an impressive and well-preserved Iron Age broch. The wall rises to over 10 foot for most of its length, and in one place survives to a height of 16 foot. This iron-age broch dates back 2000 years; once the walls would have been 15 metres high as well as 3 metres thick. The spectacular setting adds greatly to its appeal. The rising mist on the hill to the right is "Port Appin:

The impressive and very well kept lighthouse on Eilean Musdile, Just off the South end of the Isle of Lismore in the Sound of Mull, I've shot this a fair few times now but the conditions were simply perfect on this day with the dramatic lighting falling on the building, and the extremely menacing clouds above moving quickly along between heavy rain showers providing a moody backdrop against the hills.

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This lone “Mystic Tree” on the "Isle of Lismore" looks down the waters of the “Lynn of Morvern” the southern continuation of Loch Linnie from "Fort William" to where it meets the “Sound of Mull” with the misty Mountains of Mull beyond. The isle of Mull’s claim to fame is having “Ben More” the highest mountain and only Munro (mountains over 3000ft) on it, reaching a height of 3169ft. It is the highest peak in the Inner Hebrides apart from those on the Isle of Skye.