The approach to the Village of Dervaig on the west coast of the Scottish Island of Mull. SCO 7159
The village of Dervaig, pronounced 'dervig' goes right back to Viking times, and indeed the name Dervaig means 'good inlet' in old Norse. The settlement itself really only goes back to about the time of the first church to be recorded here in the twelve hundreds. The village can be reached from four directions, Calgary, Tobermory, Salen ('the Glen Road') and Torloisk ('the hill road'). All routes are single track and charmingly twisty. The roads are a favourite choice for our Mull car rally held every October. The main part of the village that you see today was planned and established by Alexander MacLean of Coll in 1799. This plan incorporates the 26 houses that you see down the main street. The Dervaig Standing Stones are hidden away in the forest at the top of hill, just as you begin your descent into Dervaig from Tobermory. Park at the carpark at the top of the hill (great panorama over north-west Mull and down to Dervaig village) and the path to the standing stones is signposted from here. The row is just inside the forest plantation, with tall pine trees planted on either side of it. There are a cluster of 5 standing stones but only 2 of these remain standing, both approximately metres in height.
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Location: Dervaig, Isle of Mull, Argyll. Scotland. United Kingdom.
Photo credit: © David Gowans / Alamy / Afripics
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