The four Slate Islands - Seil, Luing, Easdale and Belnahua - lie off the west coast of Scotland, just south of Oban. For centuries they exported roofing slates across the world.
The Scottish Slate Islands Heritage Trust has a wealth of historical documents and photos, held in our Heritage Centre on Seil. This portal displays most of our archives.
10-2026: Edward MacKechnie Documents in ARCHIVES P-S (Quarrying 3) and NEW RESEARCH.
07-2026: Seil Island Games 1992 programme in ARCHIVES S-S (Seil) and NEW RESEARCH.
02-2026: Indexes updated and re-formatted. New indexes created for Military Archive, Slate Trust Journals, and Xtra Large Files.
01-2026: Doctor's New Testament (web version) in NEW RESEARCH and ARCHIVES P-S (Public Health) as a pdf.
12-2025: Five documents added to ARCHIVES A-D (Churches). See Index-Churches for details.
11-2025: Artillery at Easdale (YouTube) in ARCHIVES P-S (QR Code Files). Video content and format have both been updated.
10-2025: QR Code Files in ARCHIVES P-S. Some displays in our Heritage Centre include QR codes: visitors scan them to learn more. These files have been re-formatted to make them easier to read on smartphone.
8-2025: Kenneth Bell POW, in ARCHIVES E-M (Military) and NEW RESEARCH. His memories of liberation after three years as a Japanese prisoner of war.
8-2025: VJ Day: Forgotten Armies. Also in ARCHIVES E-M (Military) and NEW RESEARCH. As we mark the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, we remember three men who fought in South East Asia.
4-2025: Memorandum respecting the manner of working the Slate Quarries at Easdale, 27 August 1792, transcript and original in ARCHIVES P-S (Quarrying 1), from Argyll Estates Archives, by permission of the Duke of Argyll.
4-2025: Sergeant-Major James Irvine second photo added to the information sheet in ARCHIVES A-D (Argyll & Bute Artillery Volunteers.
10-2024: Sergeant-Major James Irvine photo and information in ARCHIVES A-D (Argyll & Bute Artillery Volunteers) and NEW RESEARCH, with our thanks to his great-grandson Eddie Wright in Canada.
6-2024: complete 1894 edition of Volunteer Regulations in ARCHIVES M-M (Military Archive). There are also shorter extracts from the 1878, 1891, 1893 and 1896 editions.
6-2024: John MacGillivray's paper Easdale, Origins of a Name in ARCHIVES S-S (Seil) and NEW RESEARCH.
6-2024: Poster Mary (Molly) Hill in ARCHIVES E-M (Military) and NEW RESEARCH.
6-2024: Leaflet 1944 Ready for D-Day in NEW RESEARCH.
5-2024: An update to The 1887 Rifle Range page of the Trust's website in NEW RESEARCH.
12-2023: Mike Shaw's paper Kilbrandon Houses 18th-21st Centuries in NEW RESEARCH.
12-2023: Police Report about the 1942 Sea Mine at Ellenabeich in ARCHIVES E-M (Military) and NEW RESEARCH.
Ellenabeich on Seil, home to our Heritage Centre
Cottages on Easdale Island and at Ellenabeich, with Mull in the distance
Easdale Island and the Atlantic Ocean
Lighthouse on Fladda at dusk
Easdale Island and Ellenabeich from Barr Mor