In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Slate Islands like this:
Slate Islands, a group of islands off the mainland of Lorn district, Argyllshire. It commences 7½ miles SSW of Oban, and terminates 4½ miles N by W of Craignish Point; measures about 10 miles in length from N to S, and about 3½ miles in breadth; is separated from the mainland, and intersected in its several parts, by narrow straits; takes its name from consisting largely of fissile clay slate, well adapted for roofing purposes; and exhibits, throughout shores and surfaces, such mixtures of rock and wood, of height and hollow, as form an assemblage of charming close views. ...
Its chief islands are Luing, Shuna, Torsay, Seil, Easdale, and Balnahuaigh, all of which are separately described.
Slate Islands through time
Slate Islands is now part of Argyll and Bute district. Click here for graphs and data of how Argyll and Bute has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Slate Islands itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Slate Islands in Argyll and Bute | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22400
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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