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Sean Murphy

The uninhabited island just 18 miles from Edinburgh that inspired Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island

Just off the east coast of Scotland, less than 20 miles from the capital, lies a little island that inspired a legendary Scots author to write one of his most famous works.

Robert Louis Stevenson wrote the novel Treasure Island way back in 1881, and since then, it's gone on to become one of the most popular ever written.

But did you know that the idea for the swashbuckling adventure came from a little known Scottish island?

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