Undiscovered Scotland · @UndisScot
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Finlaggan near Port Askaig on the Isle of Islay. This is an enormously important place in the history of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. During most of the 1300s and 1400s it was the administrative centre of the Lords of the Isles. More pics & info: undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/isl

#undiscoveredscotland #lordoftheisles #isleofislay #islay #finlaggan #scotland

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Undiscovered Scotland · @UndisScot
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The pretty village of Portnahaven, standing near the western tip of the Isle of Islay on the Rhinns of Islay, the peninsula that wraps around the north side of Loch Indaal as it takes its huge bite out of the west side of the island. More pics and info: undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/isl

#undiscoveredscotland #rhinnsofislay #islay #isleofislay #portnahaven #scotland

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Undiscovered Scotland · @UndisScot
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The Islay to Jura ferry approaching Port Askaig on Islay, with the distinctive Paps of Jura in the background. The five-minute ferry trip takes you to the wildest and emptiest of all Scotland's inhabited islands. More pics and info: undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/jur

#undiscoveredscotland #isleofislay #islay #papsofjura #ferry #IsleOfJura #jura #scotland

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Katie Featherstone · @Katiefeatherstone
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I can't tell you how much I love living here. Admittedly, my house is not one of these pretty ones around the bay, but I don't care about that at all either.

Port Ellen. 💚

#scotland #innerhebrides #isleofislay

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Katie Featherstone · @Katiefeatherstone
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Port Ellen this afternoon.

#scotland #innerhebrides #isleofislay

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James Donaldson · @jd
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An idyllic moment at work this afternoon, while checking on the condition of some populations of and apple for a little later in the season.

#tansy #mint #isleofislay #islay #waterfall #riverbank #woodland #countryside #scotland #sycamore #birdsong #foraging #thebotanistgin

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James Donaldson · @jd
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A solid shift on the bar for Open Day, part of the () on the . Home now, knackered, dusty and sticky - fun times though.

#botanistgin #cocktail #bruichladdich #distillery #feisile #festival #isleofislay

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James Donaldson · @jd
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Still a bit wet on the ground out there, but the forecast is good. Hardened off , , , and pod will get planted out today and hopefully get the planted too.
The slugs will be thrilled...

#cabbage #broccoli #kohlrabi #radish #peas #gardening #raisedbeds #growyourown #slugfarming #isleofislay #islay

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Undiscovered Scotland · @UndisScot
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Port Askaig, one of the two ferry ports for the mainland ferry on the Isle of Islay and also the terminus of the ferry crossing the narrow Sound of Islay to serve the Isle of Jura. More pics and info: undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/isl

#undiscoveredscotland #isleofislay #islay #portaskaig #scotland

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James Donaldson · @jd
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Pollen release from male cones on the south coast of . We're surveying and mapping across the island, plotting to , and when it's appropriate taking cuttings to propagate and replant back into the wild to support vulnerable populations. An ongoing, small scale project for my colleague and I.

#juniper #isleofislay #qgis #conservation

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Katie Featherstone · @Katiefeatherstone
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Undiscovered Scotland · @UndisScot
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Bowmore Distillery, in the heart of the village of Bowmore beside Loch Indaal on the Isle of Islay. It has its own maltings, so the pagodas are not just for show. More pics and info: undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/isl

#undiscoveredscotland #whisky #scotch #bowmore #islay #isleofislay #bowmoredistillery #scotland

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Katie Featherstone · @Katiefeatherstone
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(2/2) Quite peculiar.

#scotland #isleofislay #portellen

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Undiscovered Scotland · @UndisScot
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Into the daylight. After years in the cool quiet darkness of the bonded warehouse, a cask of what has become Scotch whisky heads off for bottling at Ardbeg Distillery on the Isle of Islay. More pics and info: undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/isl

#undiscoveredscotland #whisky #scotch #isleofislay #islay #distillery #ardbeg #ardbegdistillery #scotland

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Undiscovered Scotland · @UndisScot
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Into the daylight. After years in the cool quiet darkness of the bonded warehouse, a cask of what has become Scotch whisky heads off for bottling at Ardbeg Distillery on the Isle of Islay. More pics and info: undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/isl

#undiscoveredscotland #whisky #scotch #isleofislay #islay #distillery #ardbeg #ardbegdistillery #scotland

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Katie Featherstone · @Katiefeatherstone
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Dan, wandering along the beach to find bodyboarding waves that weren't up there either.

#ocean #scotland #innerhebrides #isleofislay

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Katie Featherstone · @Katiefeatherstone
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Bowmore, yesterday morning.

#scotland #innerhebrides #isleofislay

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Katie Featherstone · @Katiefeatherstone
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(1/2) A grave slab in St Nechtan's Chapel, at Kilnaughton, .

According to Canmore: 'Tapered slab, 1.88m by 0.65m, bearing in relief the full-length effigy of a man in armour. The slab is bordered by a roll-moulding, and the bottom left corner is chamfered. The figure wears a conical bascinet, an aventail or coif of mail, and a knee-length aketon with elbow-straps. His left hand rests on a sword with...

#scotland #argyll #ScottishHistory #innerhebrides #isleofislay #islay

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Katie Featherstone · @Katiefeatherstone
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The waves Dan deemed too small for bodyboarding, at Laggan late this afternoon.

#ocean #argyll #scotland #hebrides #isleofislay

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