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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 Easdale Island contributed by Walter Deas

Cnocaruan

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

The Whins, North Connel

My mum and dad took me to Scotland when I was a small boy in the 1960s. We stayed at The Whins in North Connel. Jessie the owner cooked all our meals, it was wonderful. She asked me to stay for the rest of the school holidays which I did, and every year I would go and stay with her to keep her company. She became another grandmother to me. I was so happy in Scoltland I got married in Oban in the year 2000. I visited Jessie on her 90th birthday. Then I went to visit and the house was empty and I was told by a neighbour she was in hospital in Oban. I went to see her and ...read more here
A memory of North Connel contributed by dave shann

Post Office Radio Station

The Maritime Radio service of the Post Office had medium wave radio stations at Wick (Caithness) and Port Patrick (Dumfries & Galloway). As the Minches were a very busy area for fishermen from Fleetwood and Milford Haven, it was decided to put a medium wave station in between and the initial site chosen was the airfield at North Connel. The first station was situated in a caravan. The staff were drafted from other stations around the UK Coast and a 24 hour watch was kept to enhance the safety of life at sea in the northwestern approaches. The staff were Donald Morrison (a Lewisman), Angus Stark, Andrew Brown, Sam Kennedy, Stan Hardman (the token Englishman), Bill Moffat and Bob Mason came ...read more here
A memory of North Connel contributed by Graham Allister