Map sources for Cloch at grid reference NS202758

Cloch or Cloch Point is a point on the coast of the Firth of Clyde, Scotland. The name comes from the Gaelic for stone. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (1802x2589, 134 KB) Usage is: {{GBthumb|135|132|OV000000}} File links The following pages link to this file: Slough Rothwell, West Yorkshire Saltaire Shipley, West Yorkshire Slaithwaite Wallsend Inverurie Mersea Island Laugharne, Wales Tardebigge Hamble-le-Rice Sandgate, Kent Broadway, Worcestershire Brean Down User:RHaworth/sandbox... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... The Firth of Clyde is the estuary of the River Clyde, from its upper tidal limit in Glasgow city centre to the outer firth in Argyll and Ayrshire, Scotland. ... Scotland (Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is a country in northwest Europe and a constituent nation of the United Kingdom. ... Note: This page contains phonetic information presented in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) using Unicode. ...

Cloch Point lies north of Inverkip and south of Gourock on the A770 road. Gourock front to the Firth of Clyde, seen from the west Gourock (Guireag in Scottish Gaelic) is a burgh in Inverclyde, Scotland. ...

In 1797 Thomas Smith built a lighthouse here, probably to warn boats away from The Gantocks a dangerous reef of drying rocks or skerry directly west of the point. 1797 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Thomas Smith (1752–1854) was a Scottish businessman and early lighthouse engineer. ... A skerry is a small, rocky island, usually defined to be too small for habitation. ...