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Location, details and some pictures around the island.

 

Measuring approximately 250 x 325 metres (varies drastically with tide!) Fladda is situated facing Cullipool, Luing, West coast of Scotland. The nearest major town is Oban, 15 miles away.

 

Established:

1860
Type: Minor Automatic (1956)
Engineer: David & Thomas Stevenson
Position: 56° 14.9' N 5° 40.8' W
Character: Flashing white every 6 seconds
Elevation: 13 metres
Nominal Range: White 14 miles, red 11 miles
Structure: White tower 13 metres high

 

This is probably the best picture to show the actual size of the island. People always seem to imagine it is larger than this. So there'll be no hiking or rock climbing whilst staying here. Also, as you can see, there are DEFINATELY NO shops or pubs as someothers seem to imagine!

 

This is the sea wall sheltering the garden from the elements. Without it any plants or crops would probably be damaged by the wind. There is an old animal hut to the left, and in the front are the remains of the original barracks used by the builders to build the lighthouse and buildings back in 1860. All that is left of it now is the chimney, concrete base and a water tank. The rest of the tempory structure would have been made from wood.

 

This is the high-tech cooking/only-source-of-heat thing! An old coal powered Kitchen Range. The oven and water heater are a bit beyond use but most importantly it is still good to fry an egg.

This was taken Jan'03. Three of us stayed on Fladda for 5 days after spending time in Newtonmore over Hogmany. It was slightly cold, temperate a fairly consistant 2°C in any room other than the living room where the stove was - even the alcohol had to be warmed before drinking!

 

This is Bel-na-hua, a neighbouring island. It has the sparse remains of several cottages which once housed a small slate mining community and a flooded quarry - the flooding being the cause of the abandonment.

 

And lastly, a little sunset over the islands.