Rùm
— — an island the red deer run before the people do.
Not only on a wall.
“The largest of the Small Isles, a diamond of dark gabbro between Skye and the Ardnamurchan peninsula. Rùm has been a national nature reserve since 1957 — one of the first in Britain — and the long-running red deer study on the Kilmohr block is the oldest of its kind in the world. About thirty people live at Kinloch on the eastern bay, in the shadow of the red sandstone Edwardian folly that Sir George Bullough built in 1900. Kinloch Castle is closed to overnight stays now. The Manx shearwaters still come back to the Cuillin every May. from the studio
Rùm, on ceramic.
Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.
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The place, in three passes.
Rùm is the largest of the Small Isles in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, lying between Skye to the north and the Ardnamurchan peninsula to the south. The island covers about 104 square kilometres and is dominated by the Rùm Cuillin, a horseshoe of gabbro and peridotite peaks topped by Askival at 812 metres. The settlement of Kinloch on the eastern shore is home to roughly thirty residents. NatureScot has owned and managed the entire island since 1957, when it was designated as one of the United Kingdom's earliest National Nature Reserves.
Rùm is one of the most studied wild places in Britain and one of the quietest. The red deer of the Kilmohr block have been followed individually since 1972 by the University of Cambridge, the longest continuous study of a wild mammal population anywhere. Around 120,000 pairs of Manx shearwaters return each May to nest in burrows on Hallival and Askival, one of the largest colonies in the world. White-tailed eagles were reintroduced to Britain from Rùm starting in 1975. There are no public roads on the island and no through traffic.
Rùm is reached on the CalMac ferry MV Lochnevis from Mallaig, the same boat that serves Eigg, Muck and Canna; the crossing to Kinloch takes about ninety minutes and runs four or five days a week, weather depending. Day visitors can wander the village trail, the otter hide and the lower glen freely; access to the Cuillin and the shearwater colony is open under Scottish Outdoor Access rights. Kinloch Castle, Sir George Bullough's 1900 sandstone shooting lodge, is currently closed to overnight stays pending restoration.