Less than a kilometre down the coast from Lamalum is the rather splendid beach of Traig Ban at Balnahard. Approaching from the north are some skerries you can work around, depending on the state of the tide, with views back up the Firth of Lorn and to Mull.
The remnants of the wreck on the beach are of the S.S. Wasa, a wooden steamship from Liverpool that, oddly enough, caught fire. It was under tow but grounded in the bay before being wrecked.
Most of the wreck is, apparently, still underwater a couple of hundred yards offshore.
Despite the wonderfully clear water I couldn't work it out from the surface.
Top 20 beach? Possibly.
Top 20 beach? Possibly.
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