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 This section deals with all your needs for your visit to Mull. So for what to do, where and when to go look no further... it's all just a click away!  Mull has been inhabited since around 6000 BC. Bronze Age inhabitants built menhirs, brochs and a stone circle. Read on...  The Isle of Mull (or simply Mull; Muile in Scottish Gaelic) is the second largest island of the Inner Hebrides, off the west coast of Scotland in the council area of Argyll and Bute. Read on...  Information on how to get to Mull and once here how to get around and about. Read on...  What to see, where and when to go... Aros Mains gives you the very best of Mull and the surrounding areas. Read on...  The Island of Mull is one of the most diverse wildlife destinations in the world and your trip is designed to maximise your chances of seeing a whole host of Hebridean wildlife. Read on...  Mull offers superb opportunities to enjoy fresh local produce while award winning chefs prepare original dishes for the discerning diner. With a wide variety of eating places, there is somewhere to suit every taste and pocket. Read on...  Places of interest to suit all types of traveller in and around the area of Mull. Read on... |
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A brief history... Looking out from the sitting room you can almost touch the ruins of Aros Castle. The MacDougall chiefs build this Castle in the 13th century to guard their land from marauding clans. It was theirs for 400 years until the Campbell of Argyll took it, along with the MacDougall lands. There have always been people living in and around the castle, brewsters [who made the beer], farriers, soldiers, cattlemen and along with these men their wives and children. The boatmen were also here and below the cliff, looking towards Salen are the remains of a small harbour used by the castle. With the castle went punishment for wrong doings, and standing tall within the old castle bounds is the hanging rock. The castle became a ruin, but the land around was farmed. 1756 saw a Duncan Campbell renting the farm for £110 yearly. A head count held by the Duke of Argyll in 1779 showed 57 people living around the area now known as Aros Mains. The Georgian part of the present house was built between 1770 and 1780 by the Duke of Argyll for James Maxwell, his Chamberlain. Maxwell moved into the "new house" in 1789 along with his wife and family. From then onwards there was a steady stream of 'tourists', all wishing to see the Treshnish Isles, Staffa, Ulva and Iona. They all wished to explore this 'wilderness' called Mull in the Hebrides. Amongst the many who visited was one widowed lady of 60. Mrs Sarah Mull decided to tour. What is so incredible about Sarah was that she came alone, without a companion, or maid. Hiring horses and guides, many of whom were not able to speak English, she travelled from Aros Mains to Ulva. At one point her guide having taken the wrong pass over a hill. From all this came one of the first tourist guides to the Western Island and Scotland. From that time to the present day many landowners have purchased and lived in the house you are in. Few living here for long, many just letting it to tenants. One owner Captain Farquhar Campbell built the pier and the hotel which is now the White House. In more recent years it became the property of the Forestry Commission and was their offices, and also flats for forestry workers who held holdings. Finally it was sold again and eventually became our home. So, as you relax in the upstairs sitting room remember that folk have been enjoying the view for at least 200 years.
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Aros Mains and Castle Steadings |
Self Catering Apartment and Cottages on the Isle of Mull |