2014

NR3943 : Texa - Ruined chapel and building

taken 10 years ago, near to Laphroaig, Islay, Argyll And Bute, Scotland

Texa - Ruined chapel and building
Texa - Ruined chapel and building
Towards the western end of Texa these two structures can be seen; on the left is a ruined chapel, while the building on the right looks to be in serviceable condition, though apparently no-one lives on Texa these days.
Islands and rocks off southern Islay :: NR3645

Before going to Islay on holiday I had a look at which squares still required to be captured for the project - and discovered that most of them were outlying rocks and islets off the southern coast. So, I chartered a boat and a skipper and dragging my family along with me, we set off on an island and rock photographing mission which took about two hours and was highly enjoyable (for me at least). These "green" squares (i.e. ones yet to be Geographed) are getting rarer and trickier by the day! Good fun bagging them though.
I have set the grid reference for this shared description as Port Ellen (NR3645) as this is where the boat sails from.
I hired the boat from Islay Sea Adventures LinkExternal link and we had a very helpful and informative skipper. I think it made a change for him to do this expedition rather than the usual fishing trips!


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Geographical Context: Coastal Islands Island: Texa Ruin: Chapel Primary Subject: Island
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Ruined Chapel [3] · Apparently [2] · Looks [2] ·
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NR3943, 9 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Rob Farrow   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 11 April, 2014   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 22 April, 2014
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NR 3909 4386 [10m precision]
WGS84: 55:37.0883N 6:8.7242W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NR 3922 4440
View Direction
South-southwest (about 202 degrees)
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