2011
NR3047 : Disused Lime Kiln, The Oa, Islay
taken 13 years ago, near to Kintra, Islay, Argyll And Bute, Scotland
Disused Lime Kiln, The Oa, Islay
Showing several ruined villages in the distance. There are many ruined villages and buildings on the Oa peninsula in south-west Islay. The population of this part of the island in 1830 was around 1500 - there's probably about a tenth of that number now! It is a very poignant experience to wander round this lonely, but beautiful, peninsula and think of times past and yet see the current living world all around which hasn't changed for centuries.
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