Bunessan
Bunessan, meaning "bottom of the waterfall", is a small village on the Ross of Mull, a peninsula in the south-west of the Isle of Mull, off the west coast of Scotland. The settlement is at OS grid reference NM382217, within the parish of Kilfinichen and Kilvickeon, and is situated on the A849, at the head of a cove at the southern end of Loch na Làthaich.
Community
In 1961 it had a population of 107. A village hall is used for dances throughout the year. The primary school for the Ross of Mull is found in Bunessan.Economy
Business has included crofting, a mill, weaving and a small fishing fleet, up to the end of the 20th century. The village still has a lobster fishery.Bunessan village has one grocery shop and a craft shop.
It also has one hotel, The Bunessan Inn . It claims to have been established over three centuries ago. The earliest record of the inn was in 1773 when Dr Samuel Johnson and James Boswell, on their way to the isle of Iona, stopped at the inn in search of rum or brandy; but upon asking the innkeeper they found that the supplies were empty due to a funeral a few days before. The building, which is Category C listed, is described by Historic Environment Scotland as dating from with mid-1960s extensions.