Easdale
Sign in to saveEasdale () is one of the Slate Islands, in the Firth of Lorn, Scotland. Once the centre of the Scottish slate industry, there has been some recent island regeneration by the owners. This is one of the smallest of the inhabited islands of the Inner Hebrides and is home to traditional white-washed cottages and disused slate quarries. The island supports a successful arts programme and an award-winning museum and is without cars or streetlights.
Key facts
- Scottish island.location_map
- Scotland Argyll and Bute
- Scottish island.caption
- Easdale shown within Argyll and Bute
- Scottish island.GridReference
- NM735172
- Scottish island.celtic name
- Eilean Èisdeal
- Scottish island.meaning of name
- Uncertain
- Scottish island.Population
- 61
- Scottish island.population rank
- 51=
- Scottish island.island group
- Slate Islands
- Scottish island.local authority
- Argyll and Bute
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Geography and Geology
- History
- Slate mining
- Easdale Volunteers
- Recent times
- Facilities and activities
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
Easdale () is one of the Slate Islands, in the Firth of Lorn, Scotland. Once the centre of the Scottish slate industry, there has been some recent island regeneration by the owners. This is one of the smallest of the inhabited islands of the Inner Hebrides and is home to traditional white-washed cottages and disused slate quarries. The island supports a successful arts programme and an award-winning museum and is without cars or streetlights.
A ferry sails from Easdale to Ellenabeich on the nearby island of Seil (Gaelic: Saoil), which is separated from Easdale by only a narrow channel. Confusingly, Ellenabeich is sometimes known as 'Easdale' as a result of its connections with the island.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Easdale” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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