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|official_name=Fladda
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 |caption=Fladda shown within Argyll and Bute
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|meaning of name="flat island"
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|island group=[[Slate Islands, Scotland|Slate Islands]] 
|local authority=[[Argyll and Bute]]
|references=<ref>{{NRS1C}}</ref><ref name=Smith>{{cite book| author=Haswell-Smith, Hamish| year=2004| title=The Scottish Islands| location=Edinburgh| publisher=Canongate| isbn=978-1-84195-454-7}}</ref><ref>{{Ordnance Survey}}</ref><ref>{{Gaelic Placenames}}</ref>
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| image          = Schottland Lighthouse.jpg
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| caption        = Fladda Lighthouse in 2005
| location       = Fladda Islet<br />[[Slate Islands, Scotland|Slate Islands]]<br />[[Argyll and Bute]]<br />[[Scotland]]<br />[[United Kingdom]]
| coordinates    = {{coord|56.248316|-5.680506}}
| yearbuilt      = 1860
| construction   = masonry tower
| shape          = cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
| marking        = white tower, black lantern, ochre trim
| height         = {{convert|13|m|ft}}
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| characteristic = Fl (2) W 9s.
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'''Fladda''' is one of the [[Slate Islands, Scotland|Slate Islands]], off the west coast of [[Argyll and Bute]], [[Scotland]].

Fladda is an islet in the [[Sound of Luing]], between [[Luing]] and [[Belnahua]]. The name Fladda originates from the [[Old Norse]] for 'flat island'.

==Lighthouse==
Fladda lighthouse is an active [[lighthouse]] located on the Islet of Fladda, one of the [[Slate Islands, Scotland|Slate Islands]] about {{convert|1.8|km}} off Cullippol. The lighthouse was built in 1860 on project by [[David Alan Stevenson|David A.]] and [[Thomas Stevenson]]; it is a cylindrical masonry tower {{convert|13|m|ft}} high with gallery and lantern. The tower is painted white, the lantern is black and has ochre trim; it is a minor light operated by [[Northern Lighthouse Board]] but managed privately. The light emits a [[Flashing light|two white flashes every 9 seconds]].<ref name="autogenerated1"/>
The keeper's house seems to be home to a large colony of [[tern]]s.

==See also==
* [[List of lighthouses in Scotland]]
* [[List of Northern Lighthouse Board lighthouses]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.nlb.org.uk/LighthouseLibrary/Main/ Northern Lighthouse Board]

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