Ailsa Craig (/ˈeɪlsə/; Scots: Ailsae Craig; Scottish Gaelic: Creag Ealasaid) is an island of 99 ha (240 acres) in the outer Firth of Clyde, 16 km (8+1⁄2 nmi) west of mainland Scotland, upon which microgranite has long been quarried to make curling stones. The now-uninhabited island comprises the remains of a magmatic pluton formed during the same period of igneous activity as magmatic rocks on the nearby Isle of Arran.[7]
The island, colloquially known as "Paddy's Milestone",[8] was a haven for Catholics during the Scottish Reformation in the 16th century, but is today a bird sanctuary, providing a home for huge numbers of gannets and an increasing number of puffins.
^"Map of Scotland in Scots - Guide and gazetteer" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 September 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
^ abcHaswell-Smith (2004) p.2
^Area and population ranks: there are c. 300 islands over 20 ha in extent and 93 permanently inhabited islands were listed in the 2011 census.
^National Records of Scotland (15 August 2013). "Appendix 2: Population and households on Scotland's Inhabited Islands" (PDF). Statistical Bulletin: 2011 Census: First Results on Population and Household Estimates for Scotland Release 1C (Part Two) (PDF) (Report). SG/2013/126. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
^Ordnance Survey. OS Maps Online (Map). 1:25,000. Leisure. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
^Mac an Tàilleir (2003) p.3
^British Geological Survey (1987). "Geology, petrology and geochemistry of Ailsa Craig, Ayrshire". BGS Reports. 16 (9). Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
^BBC News (21 March 2013). "Ailsa Craig: Asking price reduced in Irish Sea island sale". Archived from the original on 1 June 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
AilsaCraig (/ˈeɪlsə/; Scots: Ailsae Craig; Scottish Gaelic: Creag Ealasaid) is an island of 99 ha (240 acres) in the outer Firth of Clyde, 16 km (8+1⁄2 nmi)...
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married to Isobel Stewart, meeting an unusual death by drowning on AilsaCraig. Sir David Barclay of Ladyland and Auchinheiff (now 'Auchenhove') succeeded...
Rock (75,000 pairs as of 2014), St. Kilda (60,000 pairs as of 2013) and AilsaCraig (33,000 pairs as of 2014) in Scotland, Grassholm in Wales, and Bonaventure...
delivery) and should not be applied, or ‘quietly laid to rest’ (233). AilsaCraig Fishing Co Ltd v Malvern Fishing Co Ltd [1983] 1 WLR 964: Securicor was...
part of Ayrshire, the chief of these being Horse Isle, Lady Isle and AilsaCraig. The main rivers flowing to the Clyde coast are, from north to south...
traditionally fashioned of AilsaCraig granite. The first stones were made in the 1750s, the original source being AilsaCraig in Scotland. Because of the...
in Edinburgh, Scotland, and Deganwy Castle, Wales. The Law, Dundee, AilsaCraig, Bass Rock, North Berwick Law and Dumgoyne hill are other examples of...
"Scrabo Hill" in Newtownards, Northern Ireland, site of the Scrabo Tower AilsaCraig, famous for curling stone mining Crag and tail features have been identified...
and UK governments and other private and public sector organisations. AilsaCraig Bachelor's Club, Tarbolton Bargany Gardens Blairquhan Burns Cottage Robert...
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primary school. The beach consists of shingle and sand and offers views of AilsaCraig, the Isle of Arran and Kintyre. In June 1673, while holding a conventicle...
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