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Easdale (Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Eisdeal) is one of the Slate Islands, west of Argyll in Scotland. Originally home to large slate quarries, the small island now has a population of around sixty people and is home to a folk museum. It is the smallest permanently inhabited island of the Inner Hebrides. Image File history File linksMetadata Easdale_Pier. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Easdale_Pier. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1578x1062, 341 KB) Summary The land side harbour at Easdale (Ellenabeich) - picture by R Neil Marshman (c) Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1578x1062, 341 KB) Summary The land side harbour at Easdale (Ellenabeich) - picture by R Neil Marshman (c) Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the... Scottish Gaelic (GÃ idhlig) is a member of the Goidelic branch of Celtic languages. ... The Slate Islands are an island group in the Inner Hebrides, lying immediately off the west coast of Scotland, north of Jura and south west of Oban. ... Argyll, archaically Argyle (Airthir-Ghaidheal in Gaelic, translated as [the] East Gael, or [the] East Irish), sometimes called Argyllshire, is a traditional county of Scotland. ... Motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within Europe Scotlands location within the United Kingdom Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 kmÂ² 1. ... Slate Slate is a fine-grained, homogeneous, metamorphic rock which was derived from an original sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low grade regional metamorphism. ... The National Gallery in London, a famous museum. ... The Inner Hebrides are a group of islands off the west coast of Scotland, to the south east of the Outer Hebrides. ...

A ferry sails from Easdale to Ellenabeich on the nearby island of Seil, which is separated from Easdale by only a narrow channel. Confusingly, Ellenabeich is sometimes known as Easdale as a result of its traditional connections with the island. The Pride of Rotterdam, One of the P&O Ferriess Flagships operating the Hull-Rotterdam Route A ferry is a boat or a ship carrying passengers, and sometimes their vehicles, on scheduled services. ... Seil is one of the Slate Islands, lying west of Argyll in Scotland. ...

As of 2005, there are plans by the local authority, Argyll and Bute Council, to build a bridge between the island and Seil, thereby linking the island to the mainland by road.[1]. This is in spite of there being no roads on the island. 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Argyll and Bute (Earra-Ghaidheal agus BÃ²d in Gaelic) is both one of 32 unitary council areas; and a Lieutenancy Area in Scotland. ...

An event known as the World Stone Skimming Championship has been taking place annually on Easdale since 1983. Stone skipping is a pastime which involves throwing a stone with a flattened surface across a lake or other body of water. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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Category: Inner Hebrides The Hebrides The Hebrides comprise a widespread and diverse archipelago off the west coast of Scotland, and in geological terms are composed of the oldest rocks in the British Isles. ... The Inner Hebrides are a group of islands off the west coast of Scotland, to the south east of the Outer Hebrides. ... The Ascrib Islands are a group of small islands lying in Loch Snizort off the north west coast of Skye, Scotland. ... Canna is the westernmost of the Small Isles, in the Scottish Inner Hebrides. ... Cara Island is a small, uninhabited island which is located off the west coast of Kintyre in Scotland, one kilometre south of Gigha. ... Coll shown within Argyll Coll is an island in the Scottish Inner Hebrides, west of Mull. ... Colonsay shown within Argyll Colonsay [Colbhasa] is an island in the Scottish Inner Hebrides, located north of Islay and south of Mull. ... The Crowlin Islands (gaelic: crÃ² linne) a group of uninhabited islands in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. ... Island of Eigg, as seen from a ferry An Sgurr Eigg is one of the Small Isles, in the Scottish Inner Hebrides. ... Gigha (pronounced geea, or gi-haris) a small island off the west coast of Kintyre in Scotland. ... Iona village viewed from a short distance offshore. ... Islay shown within Argyll. ... Jura shown within Argyll Satellite picture of Jura Jura (Scottish Gaelic DiÃ¹ra) is a Scottish island, in the Inner Hebrides. ... Looking towards Gylen Castle, Kerrera. ... Lismore (coloured red) shown within Argyll Lismore is an island in Loch Linnhe, in Argyll, on the west coast of Scotland. ... Luing (An t-Eilean Luinn in Gaelic) is one of the Slate Islands, in Lorne, in the west of Argyll in Scotland, about 16 miles south of Oban. ... The Isle of Lunga is the largest of the Treshnish Isles group. ... Oronsay is a small island south of Colonsay in the Scottish Inner Hebrides. ... Muck is the smallest of the Small Isles, part of the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. ... Tobermory with 700 people, the largest settlement on Mull, is home to the only whisky distillery on the island. ... RÃ¹m (a Scottish Gaelic name which is usually anglicised to Rum) is one of the Small Isles, in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland. ... Seil is one of the Slate Islands, lying west of Argyll in Scotland. ... Shuna is one of the Slate Islands in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, lying east of Luing. ... looking towards Quiraing, Skye. ... Soay From Old Norse so-øy meaning Sheep Island Soay is an island just off the south coast of Skye, occasionally considered part of the Small Isles. ... Tiree shown within Argyll Tiree is an island in the Scottish Inner Hebrides south west of Coll. ... Western Isles redirects here. ... Castlebay, Barra This article is about the island of Barra in Scotland. ... The Barra Isles, also known as the Bishops Isles as they were historically owned by the church, are a small archipelago of islands in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. ... Benbecula (Scottish Gaelic: Beinn na Faoghla, meaning the mountain of the ford) is an island of the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. ... An Cliseam from the Abhainn Mharaig, just off the main road to Lewis. ... Looking towards the Uplands in the centre of the Island of Lewis Lewis (LeÃ²dhas in Scottish Gaelic), is the northern part of the main island of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland, the southern part of which is called Harris, however Lewis and Harris are treated by Scots as separate... Looking along the beach and machair of the spit Corran Aird a MhÃ²rain. ... Looking west to Nicolsons Leap. ...

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