Description: Sealight luxury self catering holiday home in Strontian on the shores of Loch Sunart on the Ardnamurchan peninsula
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Our holiday property takes the name "Sealight" from one of the old Clyde built 'Puffers.' The Clyde puffer was essentially a type of small steamboat which provided a vital supply link around the west coast, including Loch Sunart, and Hebridean islands of Scotland, stumpy little cargo ships that have achieved almost mythical status thanks largely to the short stories Neil Munro wrote about the Vital Spark and her captain Para Handy.
The village of Strontian (from the Gaelic 'Sron an t-Sithein' - 'point of the fairies') owes much of its history to the connection with mining. Between 1722 and 1904 lead, zinc and silver were extracted from mines near the village. However the main claim to fame occurred with the discovery of the element Strontium, named after the village, extracted from ore mined in the late 18th century. Strontium is used in the manufacture of diverse products such as fireworks, TV screens and medecines. Although closed f