Balna-Huaigh Isle

Balna-Huaigh Isle
   BALNA-HUAIGH ISLE, one of the Hebrides, in the parish of Jura, district of Islay, county of Argyll. It is north of the island of Jura, and of Luing Sound, and is about a mile in circumference, and entirely composed of a bluish-coloured slate, of good quality: a number of families, who derive their subsistence from the quarry, reside upon it.

A Topographical dictionary of Scotland. . 1856.

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  • Plada —    PLADA, an isle, in the parish of Kilbrandon, district of Lorn, county of Argyll. It is a small isle of the Hebrides, lying north of Scarba, and, with Balna Huaigh, contains quarries of excellent blue slate …   A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

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