Island 246 - Eilean Traighte, Ardfern, Argyll

Eilean Traighte has recently become the new home of the Craignish Boat Club.  It was formerly a tidal island.  The island is located a mile to the north west of the village of Ardfern.  It is about 150 metres long by 50 metres wide.

I think there has been a causeway to it for some time but it has recently been improved, so that it is now always above high tide level.  The gate by the road was securely locked but there was no notice saying that you couldn't walk across to it, so I did.  There was no one around when I visited on a Monday afternoon in mid September 2014.

The island has several full grown trees - mainly sycamore, ash, alder, silver birch and rowan.  There are also bracken, brambles and wild flowers such as foxgloves, rosebay willowherb, scabious and sea mayweed.

The centre of the island was cleared to make way for the boat club's sheds and racks and a small slipway was built on the east side of the island.  There is a private car park on the mainland.



Causeway to Eilean Traighte



Slipway



Eilean Traighte from the Causeway



New boatsheds on Eilean Traighte - all securely locked