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The Slate Islands : Easdale.

                                                  THE SLATE ISLANDS
                                                        By Walter Deas

Some 24k (15 miles) south and west of Oban lies an area with interesting old villages, megalithic cairns, Iron Age forts, standing stones and castles. One heads south on the Oban - Lochgilphead Road, leaving this road at Kilninver, eventually reaching the Clachan Bridge. It is well known as the Atlantic Bridge as it actually crosses the Atlantic, which flows, between Argyll and Seil Island.

The site was selected as early as 1787, and John Stevenson ...read more here
A memory of contributed by Walter Deas

Cnocaruan

Connel Ferry, Bridge 1903

The photograph shows our house in the foreground, originally built in 1890 and has a self-catering extension added on to make the most of the spectacular Falls of Lora. The photos I am looking for are of Connel Bridge under construction. If you do or know of a web page please email cnocaruan@aol.com

A memory of Connel Ferry contributed by gabriella mckenzie

bonawe ferry crossing

Taynuilt, Bonawe Ferry Crossing c1955

I lived in Bonawe from 1947-1956. My dad worked in Bonawe Quarries. We left in 1956 to live in Glasgow. I have lived in Yorkshire for over 30 years now but I love to go back to Bonawe. My last visit was 2007, it has changed but I still have my memories. I think the chap who ran the ferry was called "deucher". I am sorry if I have got that wrong. I remember the village store putting a working train set in the shop window at Christmas. I can still see the school, Ardchattan Primary, one classroom and one teacher for all the pupils. We used to cross Loch Etive from Bonawe to Taynuilt by rowing boat for a ...read more here
A memory of Taynuilt contributed by christine mcphie

Boat,s bats and millions of rhododendrons

Carrick Castle WAS my childhood. we lived in Glasgow and most weekends my dad would either drive us up - I was usually car sick on the windy twisty bumpy roads - or we'd sail up in the boat from Bowling. That was the best way cos then my sister and brothers could take the speedboat over to "our" island -no wonder I was obsessed with the Famous Five and Kirrin Island!
One evening we were "attacked" (according to my mother) by bats - there were about 3 teeny wee pipistrelles if memory serves - tho my mum was convinced they were vampires and freaked us all out by screaming like a banshee! We used to stay at Hazel Cottage ...read more here
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Extracts From Mull & Argyll books

Mull, Duart Castle c1890

This is the ancestral home of the chiefs of the Macleans. The Macleans paid the price for siding with James VII against William III, forfeiting castle and estates. Duart was then garrisoned until the end of the 18th century, when it was allowed to fall into ruin. Purchased back by Sir Fitzroy Maclean, Duart has been completely restored.
An extract from from"Scotland Photographic Memories".

Mull, Duart Castle c1890

Situated on a rocky site at the entrance to the Sound of Mull, the Maclean fortress of Duart dates from the 13th century with 16th- and 17th-century additions. The Macleans sided with Graham of Claverhouse when he raised the standard of James VII, and the clan held out against the forces of William and Mary until 1691. In 1715 they fought for the Stewart cause at Killicrankie and Sherrifmuir; their loyalty to the King Over The Water was punished by the Campbells. In 1745 they fought for Prince Charles Edward, though it has been said that the core of this army was made up of clans hoping more to settle old scores with Argyll and the Campbells than worry too much about restoring the house of Stewart. Following the ‘45, Duart was garrisoned by government troops, but was abandoned by the end of the 18th century and allowed to fall into ruin. It was eventually bought back by the Macleans and has been restored.
An extract from from"Scottish Castles".