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Ardrossan is a town in the Australian state of South Australia located on the eastern coast of the Yorke Peninsula, about 150 kilometres (93 mi) by road from the Adelaide city centre. It is notable for its deepwater shipping port and its towering coastal cliffs of red clay.
The building continued to serve as the offices and meeting place for Ardrossan Burgh Council for most of the first half of the 20th century, but ceased to be the local seat of government when the council sold the old town hall to the local masonic lodge, in an exchange of properties involving a building known as Castlecraigs, in August 1946.
69 Princes Street, Ardrossan Celtic Supporters Club 55°38′23″N 4°48′49″W / 55.639828°N 4.813574°W / 55.639828; -4.813574 ( 69 Princes Street, Ardrossan Celtic Supporters Category B
Ardrossan (/ ɑːr ˈ d r ɒ s ən /; from Scottish Gaelic Àird Rosain 'headland of the small promontory' [2]) is a town on the North Ayrshire coast in southwestern Scotland. The town has a population of 10,670 and forms part of a conurbation with Saltcoats and Stevenston known as the 'Three Towns'. Ardrossan is located on the east shore of ...
It was once an area of land acquired by the Scotsman, Sir Alexander Percival Matheson in 1896. In Matheson's subdivision of the adjoining suburb of Applecross, he created "Ardross Street" naming it after either the town of Ardrossan on the Scottish west coast or Ardross Castle, located about 40 kilometres north of Inverness. The suburb derives ...
Horse Isle from Ardrossan North Beach The beacon on Horse Isle. A 16-metre-tall (52 ft) stone beacon stands at the south end of Horse Isle marking the island for shipping. Erected in 1811, it was commissioned by Hugh, 12th Earl of Eglinton on the suggestion of John Ross. [3] It is indicated only by the word "landmark" on the Ordnance Survey map.
The Ardrossan, Saltcoats and Stevenston Branch of the Royal British Legion was formed at the Castlecraigs Recreation Club on 10 April 1924. [5] The main hall had a fine sprung floor which enabled Castlecraigs Recreation Club to host dances. [6] The Ardrossan Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company sold the building to the local masonic lodge in 1927. [2]
HMS Fortitude (shore establishment) was the naval base at Ardrossan, commissioned in 1940 and paid off in 1945. HMS Fortitude II was the Coastal Forces base at Ardrossan, commissioned in 1941. The base was on the navy list in 1944, but not in 1942.