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Little
Cumbrae As Seen From Great Cumbrae (c/o www.geraldengland.co.uk/scot/scot041.htm) |
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-- Where is it ? --
Smaller
of the two Cumbrae islands forming part of the county of Bute,
lying in the Firth of Clyde, between the southern shores of Bute
and the coast of Ayrshire. The bigger of the two islands is Great
Cumbrae which is about 1.5 miles W.S.W. of Largs. Little Cumbrae
lies to the south, separated by the Tan, a strait half a mile
wide. It's 1.75m long, barely I m. broad, and has an area of almost
a square mile.
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-- History --
Little
Cumbrae was held by the Hunters of Hunterston, then the Montgomery
Earls of Eglinton, and was maintained as a hunting forest. There
are the rains of a small chapel dedicated to St Beye, and also
of a castle, which was burned by Oliver Cromwell's troops in 1650.
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Little
Cumbrae Lighthouse (c/o Tony Page- www.geograph.org.uk)
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Still
boasted a population of over 20 in the early 1930's but this sunk
to 6 by 1991. The automation of the lighthouse then presumably
saw the last few inhabitants drift away for good. Now a nature
reserve which amongst other things is home to a large population
of rabbits.
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Castle
Ruins On Little Cumbrae (c/o Emma Boyd)
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Little
Cumbrae is currently up for sale so if you have roughly £2.5
million pounds to spare it could all be yours. Please don't contact
Lonely-Isles if your interested !!
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-- Books --
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available to my knowledge with any great content about Little
Cumbrae. This is not an island which seems to have merited
much space in the history of our country. As ever please contact
lonely-isles
if you know of any books you think would be of interest and
we'll add them to the site !! |
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DVD's & Videos --
None
available to my knowledge....please contact lonely-isles
if you know of any and we'll add them to the site !! |
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Links --
Little
Cumbrae Photo's - Close up images of Little Cumbrae taken
by some keen canoists. Probably the best photo's of Little Cumbrae
I have found so far
Cumbrae
Yoyages - Take a trip with this Largs
based operator to Little Cumbrae where you can spend either a
half or whole day exploring this fascinating lonely isle.
Calmac
Ferries - Calmac site giving timetables
& fares of sailings to Great Cumbrae from where you can get
some excellent views of its less well known little neighbour.
Great
Cumbrae Ferry - Details of ferry used to service Great Cumbrae
from the superb 'Undiscovered Scotland' site. |
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