WalkHidden gem
Erraid tidal island
Fionnphort, Scotland
A tidal island off the Ross of Mull, reached across the sand at low tide.
- Cost
- Free
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 3 hours
Erraid sits just south-east of Iona and is linked to Mull by a tidal causeway. Robert Louis Stevenson used it in Kidnapped, and old lighthouse keepers' cottages still stand. Check tide times, because the crossing is only open for a few hours.
Good to know
- Check tide times and do not stay past the safe window
- Wear boots, the shore is rough
- Quiet, no facilities
- Best time
- Low tide, calm day
- Open
- All year
- Getting there
- Park near Knockvologan, walk to the shore
- Vehicles
- Fine in any car
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