Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
House Hotel
(
01687-462365; hotel@isleofmuck.com; per person incl dinner £60 )
;
rates include evening meals, which are also available to nonguests (£18, book in advance).
You can camp on the island for free - but ask at the craft shop first. For a full accom-
modation listings see
www.isleofmuck.com
.
Isle of Canna
POP 19
The island of
Canna
(
www.theisleofcanna.co.uk
)
is a moorland plateau of black basalt
rock, just 5 miles long and 1.25 miles wide; it was gifted to the National Trust for Scot-
land in 1981 by its owner, the Gaelic scholar and author John Lorne Campbell.
Compass
Hill
(143m), at the northeastern corner, contains enough magnetite (an iron oxide mineral)
to deflect the navigation compasses in passing yachts.
The ferry arrives at the hamlet of
A'Chill
at the eastern end of the island, where visiting
yachtsmen have left extensive graffiti on the rock face south of the harbour. There's a
tearoom and craft shop by the harbour, and a tiny post office in a hut. There is no mobile-
phone reception.
You can walk to
An Coroghon
, just east of the ferry pier, a medieval stone tower
perched atop a sea cliff, and continue to Compass Hill, or take a longer hike along the
southern shore past
Canna House
(admission £5; 1-2pm Wed, 11am-noon & 4-5pm
Sat Apr-Sep)
(the former home of John Lorne Campbell) and an ornately decorated
early
Christian stone cross
. In 2012 a
bullaun,
or 'cursing stone', with an inscribed cross was
discovered nearby; these are common in Ireland, but this was the first to be found in Scot-
land.
Accommodation is very limited.
Tighard
(
08444 932 242;
www.tighard.com
; per
person £35-50; May-Sep)
is the only B&B (evening meals £25 to £30), and cafe-res-
taurant
Gille Brighde
(
01687-460164;
www.cannarestaurant.com
; mains £8-18;
lunch Tue-Sat, dinner daily in summer; check website for other times)
the only eating
place. Check
www.theisleofcanna.co.uk
for self-catering accommodation.
Wild camping
is allowed.
