Seil is separated from the mainland only by the thinnest of sea channels which is spanned by the elegant 18th. The new Atlantic Centre is well worth a visit. The Isle of Seil lies some 12 miles south of Oban. There are bicycles for hire and miles of unspoilt peaceful scenery to explored by car, bike or on foot. The island has stunning views to Mull, Scarba and the Garvellachs. Once home to the quarriers who mined the slate quarries the distinctive whitewashed cottages are now home to the islands residents. The Isle of Luing is the bigger of the Slate Islands and is six miles long by three miles wide. It’s got the perfect environment with the deep pools and the rounded slate “skimming stones” and draws competitors from all over the world! In September each year they host the World Stone Skimming Championships in Easdale. They also offer trips to the Gulf of Corryvreckan, home of the World’s Third Largest Whirlpool. Oban the gateway to the other Hebridean islands, is less than 30-minutes drive via the famous 'Bridge over the Atlantic' that connects the Isle of Seil to the rest of Scotland. one acre garden this holiday cottage, sleeping 6, is on the Isle of Seil. The hugely popular Seafari Adventures has a base in Easdale and offers exceptional wildlife and nature boat trips to see whales, porpoises and sea birds. Access to Easdale Island is via a three-minute passenger ferry crossing from the village of Ellenabeich on the Isle of Seil. Isle of Seil A popular day trip from Oban.We have visited a few times.Below is my daughter and grand dot at the Atlantic Bridge. Island View is a beautifully renovated property with large rooms and huge picture. Situated in the Firth of Lorn, about 15 miles south of Oban, Argyll, it covers an area of less than 10 hectares but has a permanent population of about 60, plus a similar number who own property and visit regularly. Beside the bridge is Tigh-an-Truish which translated means “House of the Trousers” so called because after the 1745 Jacobite rebellion kilts were banned and Islanders heading for the mainland (then without the benefit of the bridge) are supposed to have stopped here to swap their kilts for trousers!Įasdale Island is the smallest permanently-inhabited island of the Inner Hebrides, off Scotland’s west coast. The bridge was built in 1792 by Thomas Telford. Easdale lies about 200 metres off the Island of Seil which itself is connected to the main land by the 200 year old Clachan Bridge, known as the ‘Bridge over the Atlantic’.
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