Ardura

56°24′30.8″N 5°45′11.5″W / 56.408556°N 5.753194°W / 56.408556; -5.753194 Ardura is a small settlement and rural estate on the Isle of Mull in Scotland. It is south-west of Lochdon. Areas nearby include Ardachoil Farm and Inverlussa.

The river Lussa runs through Ardura emptying in the northern part of Loch Spelve.¹

Cruach Ardura is a hill in the south-west of Ardura (217m elvation).²³

Strathcoil was an historic township in the area that originally had at least three buildings in the late 19th century but all are now ruined.⁴

In the 18th and 19th centuries, oak woodlands were planted to the south of Ardura.⁵ Tanbark and charcoal were produced for a furnace at Lorna.⁵

In 1929, a stone monument was unveiled to the Gaelic poet Dugald MacPhail (1818-87) at the Strathcoil road junction in Ardura that connects with Lochbuie.⁶⁷ The statue was unviled by Mrs Murray Guthrie, a female banker and chairman of the Parish Council at the time.⁶ It can still be seen. Dugald lived at the now ruined Strathcoil settlement in Ardura and wrote several Gaelic songs and poems including An t-Eilean Muileach (The Isle of Mull).⁸

In April 2025, the Ardura Community forest park and nature trail were the site of a royal visit by William, Prince of Wales and Catherine, Princess of Wales.⁹¹⁰¹¹

Ardura lodge is a hunting lodge on the Ardura Estate.⁶

There is a farm at Ardura.

There is a community forest park at Ardura that is managed by residents of the Mull and Iona Community Trust.¹²¹³¹⁴ It was purchased and restored by the trust with the aid of grants in 2019.¹⁵ The oldest known tree in the forest is a holly tree dated to 1733 and much of the woodland contains ancient oaks. ¹²