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Three islands.
Coming down to Carsaig, the first view is across the sea to Islay, Jura and Colonsay, framed by the great headlands.
Isle of Mull
Carsaig Bay
A remote bay on Mull's south coast under towering headlands, with a black sand beach, an old pier and seals.
Welcome
Carsaig Bay is one of the most remote corners of Mull, on the south coast at the end of a minor road from Pennyghael, and one of the most spectacular.
The road climbs over a pass and drops through tall pines and rocky bluffs, past a red phone box and a waterfall, and the view opens across the sea to Islay, Jura and Colonsay, framed by Carsaig's huge headlands.
From the small parking area, walk down to the old stone pier, a good place to watch for the seals that swim in the bay or haul out on the skerries. A footpath through the woods leads in a few minutes to a beach of dark sand under the cliffs, a stone cottage with a blue door at its edge. The longer walk west along the coast, hard and tidal, leads past the Nun's Cave to the Carsaig Arches.
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Before you go
Leave the main road at Pennyghael by the minor road marked Carsaig and follow it over the hill pass to the small parking area by the pier.
The black sand beach is a few minutes' walk through the woods.
- Getting there
- CalMac ferry: Oban to Craignure (50 minutes), Lochaline to Fishnish, or Kilchoan to Tobermory.
- Road
- Minor road from Pennyghael, over a hill pass.
- Beach
- A few minutes through the woods.
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Seals by the pier.
The old stone pier is a good place to watch for seals, which swim in the bay or bask on the skerries.
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The Nun's Cave.
An hour's walk west along the shore is the Nun's Cave, where nuns from Iona are thought to have sheltered at the Reformation.
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A famous phone box.
On the way down to the bay, a red phone box stands by a waterfall: it was a location in Powell and Pressburger's 1945 film.
What is on
What is new across Mull, day by day.
New places, news and stories, as we find them.
What is on on MullWhere it is
Carsaig, the south coast of Mull, off the A849 at Pennyghael.
Close byOn Mull's south coast.
Carsaig Phonebox MullThe red K6 phone box by a waterfall on the road to Carsaig pier, a location of Powell and Pressburger's 1945 film.Under a mile 2 min by road
Carsaig ArchesTwo great sea arches in the basalt cliffs west of Carsaig, reached by a hard, tidal coastal walk past the Nun's Cave.Under a mile 2 min by road
Fossil TreeThe imprint of a tree over twelve metres high in the lava cliffs at Burg on Mull, reached by a tidal walk of five miles each way.14 miles 29 min by road
Stay nearby
Places to stay near the bay, and when each is next free.
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Find out more
For further reading, before you go. The details on this page were checked on .
- Three walks from CarsaigThe pier, the black sand beach and the Arches.isleofmullcottages.comIsle of Mull Cottages↗
- Carsaig ArchesThe long walk west past the Nun's Cave.isle-of-mull.netThe Isle of Mull↗
- Travel to Mull and IonaThe three ferry routes, buses and island roads.visitmullandiona.co.ukVisit Mull and Iona↗
- CalMac timetablesOban to Craignure, Lochaline to Fishnish, Kilchoan to Tobermory.calmac.co.ukCalMac↗