The Islands that Roofed the World: Easdale, Balnahua, Luing and Seil - Softcover

Withall, Mary

 
9781908373502: The Islands that Roofed the World: Easdale, Balnahua, Luing and Seil
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1908373504 ISBN 13: 9781908373502
Verlag: Luath Press Ltd, 2014

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The Slate Islands lie off the west coast of Argyll. Slate has been taken from these shores from their earliest recorded history and the richness and quality of the deposits meant that in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries slate quarrying was one of the most important industries in Scotland.The Breadalbane family owned the land of Easdale and its surrounds for over 400 years and of course roofed their own buildings in slate as well as may important buildings, including Cawdor Castle in Inverness-Shire and Glasgow Cathedral.The geology, the industry, the people and their way of life.

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MARY WITHALL spent 35 years in Secondary and Further Education before retiring to the Island of Easdale in Argyll in 1988. She became archivist to the Easdale Island Museum in 1989. She is a founder member and trustee of the Slate Islands Heritage Trust which was formed in March 2000.

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Verlag
Luath Press Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum
2014
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1908373504
ISBN 13 
9781908373502
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128
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