Eilean Loain is a small island in Loch Sween and one of the

Inner Hebrides The Inner Hebrides ( ; ) is an archipelago off the west coast of mainland Scotland, to the south east of the Outer Hebrides. Together these two island chains form the Hebrides, which experience a mild oceanic climate. The Inner Hebrides compri ...

of Scotland. It is about west of the settlement of Kilmichael of Inverlussa in

Knapdale Knapdale (, ) forms a rural district of Argyll and Bute in the Scottish Highlands, adjoining Kintyre to the south, and divided from the rest of Argyll to the north by the Crinan Canal. It includes two parishes, North Knapdale and South Knapdale. ...

and a similar distance southeast of the village of

Tayvallich Tayvallich (pronounced ; ) is a small village in the Knapdale area of Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland. The village name has its origins in Gaelic, and means the "house of the pass". The village is built around a sheltered harbour on Loch Sw ...

on the other side of the loch. It is attended by the islet of Cala that lies to the north west. Eilean Loain has a substantial jetty on the north shore and a large building nearby and has been described as "inhabited" by Haswell-Smith (2004).

Argyll and Bute Argyll and Bute (; , ) is one of 32 unitary authority, unitary council areas of Scotland, council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area. The current lord-lieutenant for Argyll and Bute is Jane Margaret MacLeod ...

Council records indicate the presence of a dwelling house and according to the

National Records of Scotland National Records of Scotland () is a non-ministerial department of the Scottish Government. It is responsible for civil registration, the census in Scotland, demography and statistics, family history, as well as the national archives and hist ...

census information the island is "included in the NRS statistical geography for inhabited islands but had no usual residents at the time of either the 2001 or 2011 censuses". Eilean Loain is part of the

National Scenic Area, one of 40 in Scotland.

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Canmore site record of jetty with aerial photograph

Islands of Argyll and Bute {{Argyll-geo-stub