Coille nam Fiadh

The banded sedimentary rocks that form the lowest part of the cliffs of the southern tip of the Laggan peninsula, and Frank Lockwood's Island, predate the volcanic rocks which dominate most of Mull. These come from the Mesozoic era, and dip slightly northwards into the land. They had been uncovered and eroded before the great Tertiary volcanic eruptions which extended over much of the west of Scotland presaging the opening of the Atlantic Ocean. The overlying lava flows thus covered an uneven surface, basalt filling in dips and hollows in the original landscape. This unconformity sinks below sea level north of Rubha nan Fear, so all the more distant, grey, rock outcrops are basalt.

The ridge extending to the west from the cylindrical, 'Vanessa style', trig point. Creach Beinn is the mountain in the distance.

St Kenneth's Chapel has been used as a mausoleum by the MacLeans of Lochbuie since the start of the 18th Century. It has been much restored and features a very 1970's stained glass stars effect in the roof.

A grassy strip allowing easy access to the hills of the Laggan Forest. Once arable land, with a common name meaning spotty fields. Ben More and Ben Buie in the background.

Grassland amongst the heather and rock of the Laggan Forest. View towards the cliff tops and Loch Buidhe.

Rough grassland on the west side of Beinn a' Bhainne.

Burn about to plunge down a ravine towards Loch Buidhe.

The western slopes of Beinn a' Bhainne in the Laggan Forest.

Burn draining the south and west of Beinn a' Bhainne.

view of the burn from the slopes of Beinn a' Bhainne.

The summit plateau and view to the south. There are an assortment of aerials up here including this television aerial with a long cable down to Laggan.

Rock strewn summit of Beinn a' Bhainne - view eastwards towards Druim Fada.

The Allt an Tiadhain drains a glen on the south side of the Laggan Forest. The land is mostly grass covered.

Pair of lochans on Beinn a' Bhainne.

Ben Buie from the Laggan Forest.