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    Easdale

    Eilean Èisdeal

    56°18′N 5°40′W

    Easdale (Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Èisdeal) 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.

    Easdale Housing
    Easdale Housing

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    56°18′N 5°40′W

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    Easdale (Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Èisdeal) 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 has no 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.

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    Nearest islands

    Also in Slate Islands

    Also in Inner Hebrides

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      Major islands

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      Major islands

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      Major islands

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      Minor islands

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      Minor islands

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      Minor islands

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      Minor islands

    Also in Hebrides

    Also in British Isles

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    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
    • Talus
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    • Wikipedia

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