Eilean Loain is a small island in
Loch Sween
''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch.
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and one of the
Inner Hebrides of Scotland.
It is about west of the settlement of Kilmichael of Inverlussa in
Knapdale
Knapdale ( gd, Cnapadal, IPA: ˆkraÊ°pÉ™t̪əɫ̪ forms a rural district of Argyll and Bute in the Scottish Highlands, adjoining Kintyre to the south, and divided from the rest of Argyll to the north by the Crinan Canal. It includes two parishes, ...
and a similar distance southeast of the village of
Tayvallich
Tayvallich (pronounced ; gd, Taigh a' Bhealaich ) is a small village in the Knapdale area of Argyll and Bute, in Scotland. The village name has its origins in Gaelic, and means the "house of the pass". The village is built around a sheltered harbo ...
on the other side of the loch. It is attended by the islet of Cala that lies to the north west.
Eilean Loain has a substantial jetty on the north shore and a large building nearby
[ and has been described as "inhabited" by Haswell-Smith (2004).][ ]Argyll and Bute
Argyll and Bute ( sco, Argyll an Buit; gd, Earra-Ghà idheal agus Bòd, ) is one of 32 unitary authority council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area. The current lord-lieutenant for Argyll and Bute is Jane Margaret MacLeod (14 July 2020) ...
Council records indicate the presence of a dwelling house and according to the National Records of Scotland
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census information the island is "included in the NRS statistical geography for inhabited islands but had no usual residents at the time of either the 2001 or 2011 censuses".
Eilean Loain is part of the Knapdale
Knapdale ( gd, Cnapadal, IPA: ˆkraÊ°pÉ™t̪əɫ̪ forms a rural district of Argyll and Bute in the Scottish Highlands, adjoining Kintyre to the south, and divided from the rest of Argyll to the north by the Crinan Canal. It includes two parishes, ...
National Scenic Area, one of 40 in Scotland.
References
External links
Canmore site record of jetty with aerial photograph
Islands of Argyll and Bute
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