Most people in Seil live in the northern part of the island, the southern part has been extensively quarried. An interesting detail of Seil is that the population remained on a constant level since the last 150 years, which differs a lot from the depopulation many other islands in the Inner Hebrides experienced. One could argue wether Seil is an island or not since it is connected with a bridge to the mainland, but for the sake of being complete I consider Seil as one of the Slate Islands, which it is. The Clachan bridge is also known as ‘The Bridge over the Atlantic’, the Clachan Sound is directly connected to the Atlantic Ocean.Įllenabeich on the Isle of Seil Isle of Seil The bridge itself is a small single-arched bridge crossing the Clachan Sound and connects the Scottish mainland with Seil, the most northerly of the Slate Islands, and is built by Robert Mylne. The minor road is signposted to the Isle of Seil and the Atlantic Bridge, also known as the Clachan Bridge. The easiest and most used method to access the islands is from a minor road from the A816 south of Oban. The main islands are Seil, Easdale, Luing, Lunga, Shuna, Torsa and Belnahua and can be found roughly between Oban in the north and Jura in the south. The Slate Islands consist of several larger and smaller islands, both populated and uninhabited. Extensive slate quarrying have left their marks in the landscape of these islands lying immediately off the west coast of Scotland which are usually accessed by crossing the Atlantic Ocean over a bridge, but more about that later.
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