Rhuba nan Gall onshore Lighthouse just North of Tobermory on the Isle of Mull. SCO 8770.
Legend has it that the wreck of a Spanish galleon, laden with gold, lies somewhere in the mud at the bottom of Tobermory Bay - although the ship's true identity, and cargo, are in dispute. By some accounts, the Florencia (or Florida, or San Francisco), a member of the defeated Spanish Armada fleeing the English fleet in 1588, anchored in Tobermory to take on provisions. Following a dispute over payment (or possibly, according to local folklore, a spell cast by the witch Dòideag), the ship caught fire and the gunpowder magazine exploded, sinking the vessel.
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Location: Rhuba nan Gall, Tobermory. Isle of Mull. Argyll and Bute. Scotland.
Photo credit: © David Gowans / Alamy / Afripics
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