Our
Aim:
to provide clean, comfortable,
well equipped accommodation with an authentic island atmosphere, in a
beautiful setting, at a reasonable price.
Knockan unavailable? Click
here for alternatives
Short Breaks? Low
season only. Click here for more
information
Weather on Mull: click
here (general forecast) or
here (webcam view of Ben more)
"Why
do people with no Mull connection come to a place like Knockan? Leave
aside that it is now extremely comfortable. Leave aside also Iona, Staffa,
scenery, sea eagles, golden eagles, puffins, otters, seals, to start an
endless list. There is something else.
This
round-cornered croft cottage, built originally by refugee crofter/weaver
John Black during the Highland Clearances, proudly displaying some of its
original timbers, mollusc tunnels betraying their origins as driftwood
from the shore, has a sense of peace, place, history, heritage and
wholeness woven into its fabric.
Iona
has been described as a ‘thin place where heaven and earth are not far
apart’. Many have thought that describes Knockan too." (from
The House that Black built.)
Some other great reasons to holiday on
Mull
(Follow the links below)
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WALKERS:
Mull boasts the only Munro on an island other
than Skye (Ben More), one Corbett (Dun da Gaoithe) and one Corbett top
(Ben More - A'Chioch). But there are other
amazing routes to suit all abilities. Knockan has a drying room
for wet gear. |
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CYCLISTS:
Knockan has secure, dry storage for bikes, and a drying room for
wet gear. Bike
hire and local routes, |
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FAMILIES:
A Mull holiday might not qualify for the category 'lively'
(in the sense of one where you might worry about your youngsters
getting their extra-curricular education prematurely completed), but
it has just about everything else -
mountains and machairs, spectacular beaches and awesome sea cliffs, a
sense of the past and a sense of the 'now. And Knockan, with its location,
facilities
and selection of books and board games is an ideal base. |
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FISHING:
Lochs, rivers, permits and advice. |
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BIRD
WATCHING: Species
list and where to see them. |
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SEA
EAGLES: Mull is home to around 11 pairs. How
to view them. |
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GOLDEN
EAGLES: "A great place to see these birds is the
Isle of Mull which has a very healthy population." (Wildlife
Britain. Click
here) There
are about 30 eagle ranges in all, both in the mountains of central
Mull, and along the rugged sea cliffs of the south coast as far west
as Erraid. |
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WILD
FLOWERS: Click
here |
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Interested
in the Da Vinci code or Mary Magdalene? |
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Interested
in Standing Stones or Menhirs? Click
here |
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Interested
in the Arandora Star? Click
here |
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Interested
in Scottish history and heritage?
Ardtun local history ; Mull history in
general; Clans; The
Highland Clearances; Crofting Life, Mary
MacDonald, "Child in a manger" and "Morning has
broken". |
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Iona,
Staffa, or Treshnish
Isles bird sanctuary. Ferries are only a few miles away at
Fionnphort. |
