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| [[File:Caladh Harbour, Kyles of Bute - geograph.org.uk - 7111.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Caladh Harbour]] | | #REDIRECT [[Eilean_Dubh, Argyllshire]] |
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| '''Eilean Dubh''', sometimes known as '''Glen Caladh Island''', is a wee isle lying just off the [[Cowal]] peninsula in the [[Kyles of Bute]]. It belongs to [[Argyllshire]]. The island is around 350 yards along its longest length and rises to a height of 62 feet above sea level. It is almost entirely covered by woodland.
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| The name ''Eilean Dubh'' is possibly the most common of all island names off the coast of Scotland; it means "Black Island".
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| Although Eilean Dubh is uninhabited the islands owners, the Ingham Clarks, have their family graveyard here. There is also a light to aid navigation at the northern tip of the island.
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| The island forms, with the coast of Cowal, the idyllic, "An Caladh/An Cala" (Gaelic for "harbour") on the Cowal coastline. An Caladh was used as a location in BBC television's dramatisation of the Para Handy tales.
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| [[Eilean Dearg, Loch Ruel|Eilean Dearg]] lies to the north and the [[Burnt Islands]] lie just to the east.
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| ==Outside links==
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| *Wikishire map: {{wmap|55.93289|-5.19373}}
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| *Streetmap: {{map|NS006757}}
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| [[File:Eilean Dubh.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Eilean Dubh photographed from the PS ''Waverley'']]
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| [[Category:Islands of Argyllshire]]
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