The village of Cullipool, the largest settlement on the island of Luing, one of the Slate Islands off the coast of Argyll south of Oban. It owes its existence to the quarrying of slate. The Isle of Mull can be seen in the distance. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/luing/cullipool/index.html

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The old slate mining island of Easdale

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The village of Cullipool, the largest settlement on the island of Luing, one of the Slate Islands off the coast of Argyll south of Oban. It owes its existence to the quarrying of slate. The Isle of Mull can be seen in the distance. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/luing/cullipool/index.html

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The remains of the steamer Pier, Easdale Sound, Ellenabeich.

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The view towards the island of Seil, south-west of Oban in Argyll, from the summit of the remarkable slate island of Easdale, one of the most unique places in Scotland. It has no cars (only wheelbarrows), no roads and no street lamps. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/easdale/easdale/index.html

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The village of Cullipool, the largest settlement on the island of Luing, one of the Slate Islands off the coast of Argyll south of Oban. It owes its existence to the quarrying of slate. The Isle of Mull can be seen in the distance. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/luing/cullipool/index.html

#Scotland #Luing #SlateIslands #Cullipool #Argyll #UndiscoveredScotland

The view towards the island of Seil, south-west of Oban in Argyll, from the summit of the remarkable slate island of Easdale, one of the most unique places in Scotland. It has no cars (only wheelbarrows), no roads and no street lamps. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/easdale/easdale/index.html

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Tidelines.

The beach is mostly composed of slate debris; but the white lines are empty limpet shells, bleached by sea and sun.

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Backlit by the afterglow of the already set sun, the bulk of Dùn Mòr looms over the small settlement of Ellenabeich. Venus, at the left of the image is also reflected in a flooded, long abandoned, slate quarry.

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Sunrise on Seil.

The air temperature is just on 0⁰c; as the tide dropped, a thin veil of freshwater ice was draped over the slatey shore of the lagoon.

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