Isle of Mull
| Gaelic name |  An t-Eilean Muileach |
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| Norse name | Myl |
| Meaning of name | pre-Gaelic |
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 Mull
Mull shown within Argyll and Bute
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| OS grid reference | NM590354 |
| Coordinates | 56°27′N 6°00′W / 56.45°N 6°W |
| Physical geography | |
| Island group | Mull |
| Area | 875.35 square kilometres (337.97 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 4 |
| Highest elevation | Ben More 966 m |
| Administration | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Country | Scotland |
| Council area | Argyll and Bute |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 2990 (2011 Census) |
| Population rank | 8 |
| Pop. density | 3.2 people/km2 |
| Largest settlement | Tobermory |
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Mull (Scottish Gaelic: Muile, pronounced [ˈmulʲə]) is the second largest island of the Inner Hebrides (after Skye), off the west coast of Scotland in the council area of Argyll and Bute.
With an area of 875.35 square kilometres (337.97 sq mi) Mull is the fourth largest Scottish island and the fourth largest island surrounding Great Britain (excluding Ireland). In the 2011 census the usual resident population of Mull was 2,800 a slight rise on the 2001 figure of 2,667; in the summer this is supplemented by many tourists. Much of the population lives in Tobermory, the only burgh on the island until 1973, and its capital.
Tobermory is also home to Mull's only single malt Scotch whisky distillery: Tobermory distillery (formerly Ledaig).
It is widely believed that Mull was inhabited from shortly after the end of the last Ice Age, around 6000 BC. Bronze Age inhabitants built menhirs, brochs and a stone circle with examples of burial cairns, cists, standing stones, stone circles, pottery and knife blades provide compelling evidence.
Between 600 BC and AD 400, Iron Age inhabitants were building protective forts, duns and crannogs. The early Christian period began in the 6th century, with AD 563 being a pivotal point as it is believed that Christianity was brought to this part of northern Britain by St Columba, when he arrived from Ireland to set up a monastery on the island of Iona just off the south-west point of Mull.
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