or one half percent, and no means of flushing. ![]() A drain which, in its total length of 50ft., has a fall of about 2ft. 1895 upon this matter I called attention to what I was convinced is the source of evil, a badly constructed drain. The Gillies family provided medical care for the district for many generations.Īn extract from Dr Gillies’ report on the drainage at the village of Ellenabeich on Seil Island. His annual reports on the public health of the parish of Kilbrandon and Kilchattan, provide a fascinating insight into all aspects of life at the time. The most enlightening records came from Dr Patrick Gillies’ book of draft letters, written during the 1890’s and 1900’s while he was the Medical Officer for the Easadale Slate Quarrying Company. The only cases of this recorded on Easdale Island, were brought in by visitors from Glasgow, coming to the island to recover their health. Poverty, poor sanitation and overcrowding resulted in many cases of tuberculosis towards the end of the century.Īt the same period the cities of Scotland were being visited by another virulent disease, cholera. Cawdor Castle, near Inverness, one of the best preserved of the Scottish castles, is also thought to be roofed with Easdale slate.Ģ003: 1 Fiona Blakey 2 Mike Mackenzie 3 Michael Briarley 4 Phil Bull 5 Jan Fraser 6 ? 7 Jenny Smith 8 Henry Tarbatt 9 Tina Jordan 10 Liz Davies 11 Blue ? 12 Colin Blakey 13 Keith Oversby 14 Kay Carmichael 15 Colin Davies 16 David Donnison 17 Hugh Fraser 18 Vivien Stern 19 Andrew Coyle 20 Sarah Fairbairn 21 Ron Blakey 22 Wendy Blakey 23 Margaret Lyall 24 Derek Lyall 25 Bert Baker 26 Kay Penman 27 Michael Baldock 28 Wendy Baldock 29 Donald Melville 30 Grant MacDonald 31 Maggie MacDonald 32 Sandra Melville 33 Ghalia Asaid 34 ? 35 Morag McKay 36 Iain McDougall 37 Stephen Brown 38 Dave Rockley 39 Annabel Gregory 40 Willie McNee 41 Geoff Heslop 42 Billy Robertson 43 Ross Kerr 44 Christine Kerr 45 Hazel Mackenzie 46 Katya Pfeutzner 47 Dorte Pfeutzner 48 Lynn Mackenzie 49 Leslie Wolfson 50 Sheena Robertson 51 ? 52 Brenda Wallace 53 Ian Wallace 54 Petre Withall 55 Mary Withall 56 Jean Adams 57 Allan Laycock 58 ? 59? 60 Jamie Melville 61 Simon Fraser 62 ? 63 Neil Fraser 64 ? 65 Craig Robertson 66 ? 67 ? 68 ? 69 Catriona Melville 70 Fergus McNally 71 Robin Blakey 72 Stephen McNally 73 Sorley McNalley 74 Brenda Heslop 75 Anna Heslop 76 Willie Fairbairn 77 Euan Fairbairn 78 Rosie Collinge 79 Rosie Noble 80 Bethan Noble 81 Alma Wolfson 82 ? Castle Stalker at Appin, built in 1631, is also roofed with Easdale slate, suggesting that Ballachulish was not a source of supply at that early date. In the 19th century, when the castle was largely restored, the slates of the old roof were in perfect condition requiring only renewal of the wooden pegs by which they were suspended. It is possible that the slate, exposed at high tide, was taken prior to this date and that early inhabitants of the coast would have used the thin rock slabs to floor their dwellings and certainly to make their tombstones.Īrdmaddy Castle, built in 1676, was roofed with Easdale slate, (easily recognised by its iron pyrites crystals). However, no records exist of slate being taken from the area, on a commercial basis, until the 17th century. The first written reference to Easdale slate occurs in the account of the region of Netherlorn, given by Dean Munro, in 1554.
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