Mull of Kintyre
Mull of Kintyre
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Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Campbeltown |
Postcode district | PA28 |
Dialling code | 01586 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
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The Mull of Kintyre is the southwesternmost tip of the
Etymology
The name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic Maol Chinn Tìre (Scottish Gaelic pronunciation: [mɯːl̪ˠ çiɲˈtʲʰiːɾʲə]), in English: "The rounded [or bare] headland of Kintyre", where chinn and tìre are the genitive forms of ceann head and tìr land, country respectively. The English variant Cantyre derives from the phrase ceann tìre [kʲʰaɲˈtʲʰiːɾʲə] "head land".
Mull as a geographical term is most commonly found in southwest Scotland, where it is often applied to headlands or promontories, and, often more specifically, for the tip of that promontory or peninsula.[citation needed]
The term mull derives from
The geographical reference is to a land formation bare of trees, such as a rounded hill, summit, mountain, promontory or headland.Geography
The Mull is at the extreme south western tip of the
History
The Mull has been an important
Air crashes
The steep cliffs and hills rising out of the sea on all sides, along with the frequent sea mists, have made the area a hazard to flight. It has been the site of numerous air crashes throughout aviation history, and the remains of some of those crashed aircraft still litter the area.[6][7][8]
A notable air disaster on the Mull was the
Nautical disaster
On 13 June 1858 the SS New York, a steamship converted to sail, was wrecked at the south end of the Mull of Kintyre.[9]
Mull of Kintyre test
The Mull of Kintyre test or Mull of Kintyre rule is, according to an urban legend, an unofficial guideline that was used by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) in the United Kingdom to decide whether an image of a penis could be shown.[10] According to the myth, the BBFC would not permit the general release of a film or video if it depicted a phallus erect to the point that the angle it made from the vertical was higher than that of the Kintyre peninsula, Argyll and Bute, on maps of Scotland. The BBFC has denied that any such 'test' existed, and maintain it is merely a humorous rumour.[11][12]
Lighthouse
See also
- British Isles fixed sea link connections– which details infrastructure proposals involving the mull.
References
- ^ "Mull". Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
- ^ ""maol" in Gaelic-English Dictionary". Clan MacRae Society of Canada. Archived from the original on 4 December 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
- ^ "Kintyre Guide". Kintyre tourist information. Archived from the original on 19 March 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
- ^ "Wayne Soutter makes history with North Channel swim". BBC News. BBC. 27 August 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
- Independent News & Media. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
- ^ "Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk.V P5041 of No.502 Squadron, RAF, flew into high ground above the long abandoned settlement at Balmavicar on the Mull of Kintyre on the 23rd January 1941". Peak District Air Accident Research. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- ^ "Bristol Beaufort N1180". Air Crash Sites Scotland. Gordon Lyons. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- ^ "Lockheed Neptune WX545". Air Crash Sites Scotland. Gordon Lyons. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- ^ "Wrecksite – New York Passenger/cargo Ship 1854–1858".
- ^ "What does the Mull of Kintyre have in common with censorship?". www.scotsman.com. 23 September 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
- VNU Business Publications Ltd. Archived from the originalon 22 August 2012.
- ^ Shields, Rachel (2009). "Hit & Run: Seen but not hard - the big penis debate". independent.co.uk.