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The Isle of Arran [7] (/ ˈ æ r ən /; Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Arainn) or simply Arran is an island off the west coast of Scotland. It is the largest island in the Firth of Clyde and the seventh-largest Scottish island, at 432 square kilometres (167 sq mi).
Arran Gaelic is an extinct dialect of Scottish Gaelic that was spoken on the Isle of Arran, and one of the last of the Southern Dialects to go extinct. Pronunciation [ edit ]
The walled garden at Brodick Castle. Brodick Castle is a castle situated outside the port of Brodick on the Isle of Arran, an island in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland.It was previously a seat of the Dukes of Hamilton, but is now owned by the National Trust for Scotland.
The Holy Island or Holy Isle (Scottish Gaelic: Eilean MoLaise) is an island in the Firth of Clyde, off the west coast of central Scotland, inside Lamlash Bay on the larger Isle of Arran. The island is around 3 kilometres (1 + 7 ⁄ 8 mi) long and around 1 kilometre (5 ⁄ 8 mi) wide. Its highest point is the hill Mullach Mòr.
Brodick (/ ˈ b r ɒ d ɪ k / BROD-ik, [4] Scottish Gaelic: Tràigh a' Chaisteil ("Castle Beach") or Breadhaig) is the main village on the Isle of Arran, [5] in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland. It is halfway along the east coast of the island, in Brodick Bay below Goat Fell, the tallest mountain on Arran.
In the late 1860s, it was decided that a lifeboat station be established on the Isle of Arran, on the west coast of Scotland. It was noted that a large number of both passenger and trading vessels were constantly passing the island, on passage to and from the River Clyde and Glasgow. Kildonan was seen as an ideal location "to meet any ...
At the East end of the village was the Torrylinn creamery, which produced Arran Dunlop. [6] The creamery was opened in 1947 by King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret but closed in 2019. [7] Cheeses produced at the creamery won a number of awards at the British Cheese Awards, including a bronze in 2018, [8] and a ...
The Giants' Graves are the remains of two Neolithic chambered tombs on the Isle of Arran in Scotland.They are situated within 40 metres of each other, and stand on a ridge 120 metres above the sea in a clearing in a forest, overlooking Whiting Bay to the south.