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SLATE ISLANDS

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SLATE ISLANDS , a See also:group belonging to the See also:parish of Kilbrandon and Kilchattan off the See also:coast of Lorne, See also:Argyllshire, See also:Scotland. They comprise Seil, Easdale, Torsay, Luing and Shuna, and owe their name to the fact that they are composed mainly of metamorphic rocks, Easdale, Torsay and Luing being entirely slate, Sell mostly slate with some porphyrite in the See also:north, and Shuna gneissose. The quarries provide occupation for most of the inhabitants. The steamers to and from See also:Oban usually See also:call at Luing and Easdale. SELL (pop. 424), the most northerly, is connected with the mainland by means of Clachan See also:bridge on its north-See also:east See also:side, near See also:Rue. It See also:measures 4 M. N. and S. by 2 m. E. and W. at its widest, and contains Kilbrandon See also:church. Off a promontory on its See also:west coast, divided only by a narrow strait, is the comparatively See also:flat See also:island of EASDALE (pop. 284), measuring roughly m. each way. The quarries have been worked since 1630 and yield some eight million slates every See also:year.

The experiment of leasing them to the workers on co-operative lines has been tried unsuccessfully. LUING (pop. 620) is situated S. of Seil, is 6 m. See also:

long and 11 m. broad. TORSAY (pop. 7), a M. long by m. broad, lies off its north-east, and SHUNA (pop. 8), 21 M. long by m. broad, off its See also:south-east, See also:shore.

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