Tobermory, Mull

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Tobermory (Scottish Gaelic: Tobar Mhoire) is a harbour town in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland. It is the main town and capital of the Isle of Mull, approximately 120 miles (193 km) northwest of Edinburgh, 76 miles (123 km) northwest of Glasgow, and 91 miles (146 km) west-southwest of Inverness. It had a population of 1,045 in 2022. The mostly northerly of Mull's main settlements, it is located on the east coast of Mishnish, the most northerly part of the island, near the northern entrance of the Sound of Mull. It is here where a natural harbour, Tobermory Bay, is formed by the island meeting Calve Island. The town was founded as a fishing port in 1788 by the British Fisheries Society alongside Ullapool and Lochbay based on the designs of Dumfriesshire engineer Thomas Telford, and until 1973 was the only burgh on the island. The area has been populated for thousands of years, however, the only visible traces of habitation before Tobermory are the Baliscate standing stones at the top of the...

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