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©Mick Garratt

This is the monument to Dugald MacPhail, who in the mid-1800s wrote the lovely song, The Isle of Mull:

An t-Eilean Muileach, an t-eilean �ghmhor,
An t-eilean grianach mun iath an s�ile;
Eilean buadhmhor nam fuar-bheann �rda,
Nan coilltean uaine, 's cluaintean f�sail.

The Isle of Mull is of isles the fairest
Of ocean's gems 'tis the first and rarest
Green grassy island of sparkling fountains
Of waving woods and high towering mountains.

www.bbc.co.uk/alba/oran/orain/an_t_eilean_muileach/

The monument is not that easy to spot from the main road, but watch for the side road to Lochbuie and it's by the junction up on the left among the trees as you head for the Iona ferry.

©Mick Garratt

©Michael Jagger

Dist:0.1km<br/>Looking upstream towards Dorran House

©Michael Jagger

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©Michael Jagger

Dist:0.2km<br/>A model railway passes through the gate.

©Oliver Dixon

Dist:0.2km<br/>On the road to Lochbuie.

©M J Richardson

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©Michael Jagger

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©Michael Jagger

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©Michael Jagger

Dist:0.2km<br/>The minor road, just above Ardura farmhouse, running through attractive woodland.

©David Wyatt

Dist:0.2km<br/>One of many varieties of fowl to be found at the start of the road to Lochbuie.

©Richard Webb

Dist:0.2km<br/>Looking towards Ardura, this is one of two tracks, this one is sign posted but not shown on the OS maps.

©Michael Jagger

Dist:0.2km<br/>On a small mound near the A849 junction with the road to Lochbuie. For more detail and a different view see [[2945674]].

©M J Richardson

Dist:0.2km<br/>A Gaelic songwriter, poet and author, he was born at Strathcoil. He is best known for the song An t-Eilean Muileach (The Isle of Mull - for a transcription and translation see [[20345]]), now known as 'Mull's National Anthem'. He was architect and clerk of works to the Duke of Westminster. Later he moved to Edinburgh, where he wrote the song An t-sobhrach Mhuileach (The Mull Primrose), and in 1859 was awarded a prize by the Edinburgh Celtic Society for an essay on the Highland Clearances. He also wrote the autobiographical Callum a' Ghlinne (Callum of the Glen).

©M J Richardson

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