Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Easdale

Easdale, island and vil. with pier, Argyllshire, off W. coast of Seil island, 11 miles SW. of Oban, pop. 460; P.O., T.O.; has large slate quarries, which have been worked since 1631. Easdale Sound, between Easdale vil. and Ellenabriech vil., on Seil island, is 400 ft. wide; it forms a natural harbour.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "island and village with pier"   (ADL Feature Type: "islands")
Administrative units: Argyll ScoCnty
Place: Easdale

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