It’s long gone now, but once the wave power station near Claddach was an important part of research into how to harness the incredible power of the sea. This is (or better was) the rather brutalist sea facing wall of the station, the inlet where the waves roll in at the bottom.
A beautiful sunny June day on the Rhinns of Islay a few years ago. I was on a walk from near Claddach along the coast to Lossit Bay. This view is from the earlier section of the walk, looking back south west towards Frenchman’s Rocks (centre distance).
Another view of the experimental wave power station near Claddach on the Rhinns of Islay, this time in 2001. Waves rolling into the chamber on the left were compressing air in the chamber in the centre, which then powered a special “wind” turbine to generate the electricity. I’ve been told that the air rushing through it made a lot of noise and could be heard for quite a distance. It has long since been closed and decommissioned.