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A little T-ended stone-built pier juts into Easdale Sound from the island of... (more)

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A close-up of the little ferry seen in NM7417 : Easdale - Ferry on its way to Ellenabeich, Seil as it briskly brings... (more)

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The little passenger ferry that plies the short route across Easdale Sound is... (more)

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A few prospective passengers wait on NM7417 : Easdale - Ferry slipway for the little ferry (seen... (more)

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Looking over Easdale Sound to the slipway on Easdale where NM7417 : Easdale - The ferry comes... (more)

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Taken from near to the little ferry waiting room at Ellenabeich looking over... (more)

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Belnahua is seen here as viewed from Luing across part of the skerry Sgeir... (more)

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There are a series of low walls forming enclosures which were associated with... (more)

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This little flooded quarry is at the head (landward side) of NM7316 : Easdale - Rubha nam Faoileann and... (more)

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This is a view along the ridge that separates the two quarries seen in... (more)

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The smaller of the two quarries seen in NM7317 : Easdale - Looking down on two flooded quarries is shaped rather like a... (more)

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Taken from the path that leads up to the top of the hill in Easdale looking down... (more)

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Outside seating at The Puffer in Easdale. Inside there are two rooms, a bar at... (more)

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Easdale's rightly famous pub and restaurant, The Puffer. A great place to... (more)

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These steps - unsurprisingly created from slabs of slate - lead down into the... (more)

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One of many interesting displays within NM7316 : Easdale - Folk museum This shows the main sizes... (more)

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Tucked away at the eastern end of Easdale village is this charming little... (more)

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A somewhat humorous signpost in the centre of Easdale village gives the... (more)

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The whole of Easdale island is a conservation area, with pretty much every... (more)

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The track leads to an L-shaped cluster of cottages on the western side of the... (more)

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The coastal path around Easdale island passes through this gap in a wall before... (more)

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If walking in an anticlockwise direction around Easdale on its coastal path a... (more)

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This large newly built property (or perhaps a major refurbishment) is situated... (more)

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Beside one of the paths through Easdale village is this seat made from half of a... (more)

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This large, almost rectangular quarry is situated on the west of the island of... (more)

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This pathway between walls of slate leads down to NM7317 : Easdale - Flooded Windmill Quarry

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Some of the many ruined buildings associated with the former slate industry on... (more)

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The coastal path around Easdale runs through a fascinating landscape of former... (more)

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Ruins of buildings which once were an integral part of the quarrying industry on... (more)

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Looking across the top of the 38m (125') hill in the centre of Easdale to... (more)

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Looking down on one of the larger flooded quarries on Easdale island from the... (more)

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A 'ground-level' view of NM7316 : Easdale - Rubha nam Faoileann looking along the... (more)

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Although the hill at the centre of Easdale only climbs to 38m (125') the... (more)

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Two flooded quarries (the nearer much smaller than the further) on the... (more)

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Taken from near to NM7317 : Easdale - Toposcope and gull, atop the 38m (125') hill on Easdale... (more)

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A gull perches eyeing the surroundings on the ridge between two gables of the... (more)

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There are many abandoned and ruinous buildings around the coast of Easdale that... (more)

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The coastal path around Easdale passes between NM7317 : Easdale - Flooded Windmill Quarry and NM7317 : Easdale - Quarry of the Hill... (more)

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This former quarry has flooded, whether as a result of the 1881 or subsequent... (more)

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This flooded quarry is not shown on the OS maps as a lake but rather a shelf of... (more)

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Sedum anglicum (English Stonecrop) is a low-growing perennial succulent with... (more)

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A well-marked path (with several off-shoots) allows an easy circumnavigation of... (more)

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Two rows of cottages form two sides of a rectangle around a central... (more)

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The former tiny island of Eilean nam Beathach was quarried so extensively that... (more)

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The former tiny island of Eilean nam Beathach was quarried so extensively that... (more)

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The crane seen here is a central feature of the village of Ellenabeich and used... (more)

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This view is of the 'middle' street in Ellenabeich looking along the... (more)

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The northernmost row of the former quarrymen's cottages that make up the... (more)

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The northernmost row of the former quarrymen's cottages that make up the... (more)

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A sailboat with a distinctive orange sail lines up with the 13m (43') tower... (more)

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