Scottish Island of Isle of Arran
Location
OS grid reference:	NR950359
Names
Gaelic or Celtic name:	Eilean Arainn
Norse name:	unknown
Meaning of name:	Brythonic for 'high place'
Area and Summit
Area:	43,201 ha
Area rank if >40 ha:	7
Highest elevation:	Goat Fell 874 m
Population
Population:	5,045
Population rank:	6 out of 91
Main settlement:	Brodick
Groupings
Island Group:	Firth of Clyde
Local Authority:	North Ayrshire
References:	[1][2][3]

The Isle of Arran (Scots Gaelic: Eilean Arainn) is the largest island in the Firth of Clyde with an area of 430 km² (167 square miles). It is in the unitary council area of North Ayrshire. In the 2001 census it had a resident population of 5,058. Image File history File links Drawn by me File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... // Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) is a member of the Goidelic branch of Celtic languages. ... The Brythonic languages (or Brittonic languages) form one of the two branches of the Insular Celtic language family. ... Old Norse or Danish tongue is the Germanic language once spoken by the inhabitants of the Nordic countries (for instance during the Viking Age). ... Brythonic is one of two major divisions of Insular Celtic languages (the other being Goidelic). ... Goat Fell (marked as Goatfell by the Ordnance Survey) is the highest point on the Isle of Arran. ... Brodick (meaning Broad Bay, the name is derived from Norse roots) is the main village on the Isle of Arran, in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland. ... Map of the Firth of Clyde and area The Firth of Clyde forms a large area of coastal water, sheltered from the Atlantic ocean by the Kintyre peninsula which encloses the outer firth in Argyll and Ayrshire, Scotland. ... For local government purposes, Scotland is divided into 32 areas designated as Council Areas of Scotland which are all governed by unitary authorities designated as Councils which have the option under the Local Government (Gaelic Names) (Scotland) Act 1997 (as chosen by Na h-Eileanan an Iar) of being known... North Ayrshire (Sìorrachd Inbhir Air a Tuath in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council areas in Scotland. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Scotland. ... Image File history File links McdonaldBoat. ... Note: This page contains phonetic information presented in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) using Unicode. ... Map of the Firth of Clyde and area The Firth of Clyde forms a large area of coastal water, sheltered from the Atlantic ocean by the Kintyre peninsula which encloses the outer firth in Argyll and Ayrshire, Scotland. ... To help compare different orders of magnitude and geographical regions, we list here areas between 100 km² and 1000 km². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... For local government purposes, Scotland is divided into 32 areas designated as Council Areas of Scotland which are all governed by unitary authorities designated as Councils which have the option under the Local Government (Gaelic Names) (Scotland) Act 1997 (as chosen by Na h-Eileanan an Iar) of being known... North Ayrshire (Sìorrachd Inbhir Air a Tuath in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council areas in Scotland. ...

Arran is the seventh largest Scottish island and the ninth largest island surrounding Great Britain (excluding Ireland).

Arran is commonly lumped with the Hebrides, with which it shares many cultural and physical similarities, but in actual fact, the Hebrides start off the west coast of Kintyre. This article is about the Hebrides islands in Scotland. ... Kintyre shown within Argyll Kintyre is a peninsula in western Scotland in the south-west of Argyll. ...

Geography

The island lies in the Firth of Clyde between Ayr and Kintyre. The main village on the island is Brodick (Old Norse: broad bay) to which the main ferry to the mainland connects. Brodick Castle is a seat of the Dukes of Hamilton. Arran has many mountains in the north. The highest of these is Goat Fell at 874 metres (2,867 feet). The north of the island has many raised beaches and tall sea cliffs. The island is sometimes referred to as "Scotland in miniature", as it is divided into "Highland" and "Lowland" areas by the Highland Boundary Fault which runs northeast to southwest across Scotland. The island is a popular destination for geologists, who come to see intrusive igneous landforms such as sills and dykes. Most of the northern part of the island is a batholith, as seen in the satellite photo. Map of the Firth of Clyde and area The Firth of Clyde forms a large area of coastal water, sheltered from the Atlantic ocean by the Kintyre peninsula which encloses the outer firth in Argyll and Ayrshire, Scotland. ... Ayr (Scottish Gaelic, Inbhir Àir) in the south-west of Scotland is a town situated on the Firth of Clyde. ... Kintyre shown within Argyll Kintyre is a peninsula in western Scotland in the south-west of Argyll. ... Brodick (meaning Broad Bay, the name is derived from Norse roots) is the main village on the Isle of Arran, in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland. ... Old Norse or Danish tongue is the Germanic language once spoken by the inhabitants of the Nordic countries (for instance during the Viking Age). ... Brodick Castle The Walled Garden at Brodick Castle 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. ... Duke of Hamilton is a title in the Peerage of Scotland created in 1643. ... Mount Cook, a mountain in New Zealand A mountain is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain in a limited area. ... Goat Fell (marked as Goatfell by the Ordnance Survey) is the highest point on the Isle of Arran. ... Although this raised beach at Rhossili (Wales) is now used for farmland, it provides evidence of a glacioeustatic rise in the land of this area. ... The Highland Boundary Fault traverses Scotland from Arran to Stonehaven. ... the are cool The Geologist by Carl Spitzweg A geologist is a contributor to the science of geology, studying the physical structure and processes of the Earth and planets of the solar system (see planetary geology). ... Volcanic rock on North America Plutonic rock on North America Igneous rocks form when rock (magma) cools and solidifies, with or without crystallization, either below the surface as intrusive (plutonic) rocks or on the surface as extrusive (volcanic) rocks. ... In geology, a sill is a tabular, often horizontal mass of igneous rock that has been intruded laterally between older layers of sedimentary rock, beds of volcanic lava or tuff, or even along the direction of foliation in metamorphic rock. ... A dike in geology refers to a tabular intrusive igneous body. ... Half Dome, a granite monolith in Yosemite National Park and part of the Sierra Nevada batholith. ...

There are three main roads on the island; the coast road circumnavigates the island, while the String and the Ross both cut across the hilly interior at different points.

King's Cave is an example of an emergent landform. This cave is exposed above the present day sea level due to isostacy[1]. An emergent landform: a raised beach at Rhossili, Wales Emergent coastlines are stretches along the coast that have been exposed by the sea due a relative fall in sea levels. ... This article needs to be wikified. ...

Satellite photo of Arran. The island to the east of Arran is Holy Isle and the tiny island - just visible - to the south of Arran is Pladda.

The peaks of north Arran seen over the isle of Bute from a farm in North Ayrshire.

A panorama of the southwest part of Arran, close to the King's Cave.

Image File history File links Download high resolution version (752x1138, 143 KB)NASA Landsat image of the Isle of Arran in Scotland. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (752x1138, 143 KB)NASA Landsat image of the Isle of Arran in Scotland. ... View of Holy Isle from Arran The Holy Isle, Firth of Clyde is one of a number of islands in the United Kingdom which go under the name Holy Island. It is located in the Firth of Clyde off the west coast of central Scotland, inside Lamlash Bay on the... Pladda is an island off the west coast of Scotland. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2272x1704, 164 KB) From Auchengarth Farm in North Ayrshire, about 3 miles (5 km) north of Largs, the view south over the Firth of Clyde shows the southern tip of Bute and in the background the spiky peaks of the north... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2272x1704, 164 KB) From Auchengarth Farm in North Ayrshire, about 3 miles (5 km) north of Largs, the view south over the Firth of Clyde shows the southern tip of Bute and in the background the spiky peaks of the north... Bute shown within Argyll and Bute Bute is one of the islands of the lower Firth of Clyde in Scotland. ... North Ayrshire (Sìorrachd Inbhir Air a Tuath in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council areas in Scotland. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1963x564, 394 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1963x564, 394 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...

Villages on Arran

• Auchencairn
• Balliekine
• Balmicheal
• Bennan
• Blackwaterfoot
• Brodick, the main village
• Catacol ("gully of the cat")
• Cladach
• Cordon
• Corrie
• Corriecravie
• Corriegills
• Dippen
• Imachar
• Kildonan, the most southerly village
• Kilmory
• Kilpatrick
• Kingscross
• Knockenkelly
• Lagg
• Lamlash
• Largymore
• Largybeg
• Lochranza ("loch of the rowan trees")
• Machrie
• Margnaheglish
• Penrioch
• Pirnmill
• Sannox ("the sandy one")
• Shiskine
• Sliddery
• Strathwhillan
• Torbeg
• Tormore
• Whitefarland
• Whiting Bay

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Islands surrounding Arran

Arran is a part of an Island group, comprising Arran, Bute, and Large Cumbrae, which are inhabited. Small Cumbrae, Inchmarnock and the Burnt islands are smaller uninhabited islands in the group.

Arran has three smaller satellite islands;

• Holy Isle lies to the east opposite Lamlash
• Pladda lies off Arran's south coast
• Tiny Hamilton Isle lies just off the Arran shore around 1.2 kilometres north of Holy Isle.

Eilean na h-Airde Baine off the south west of Arran at Corriecravie is more of a skerry than an island and, in any case, is connected to Arran at low tide. View of Holy Isle from Arran The Holy Isle, Firth of Clyde is one of a number of islands in the United Kingdom which go under the name Holy Island. It is located in the Firth of Clyde off the west coast of central Scotland, inside Lamlash Bay on the... Lamlash Lamlash is the secondary village (after Brodick) on the Isle of Arran, situated in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland. ... Pladda is an island off the west coast of Scotland. ... Look up skerry in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

History

Macrhie Moor Standing Stones

There are many stone circles and standing stones dating from neolithic times, including the standing stones on Machrie Moor and the Giant's Graves above Whiting Bay. St. Molio's Cave has wall carvings which are evidence of a rare Pictish script. Image File history File linksMetadata MachrieMoorStones. ... Image File history File linksMetadata MachrieMoorStones. ... An array of Neolithic artifacts, including bracelets, axe heads, chisels, and polishing tools. ... The Pictish language is the extinct language of the Picts, in what is now Scotland. ...

It is likely that along with Bute, Arran was once the home of a Brythonic speaking people. However, the Gaels spread to the island from their adjacent kingdom of Dál Riata and replaced the older language with their Goidelic tongue. Later the island, along with the vast majority of the Scottish islands, became the property of the Norwegian crown. As a result, many current place names on Arran are of Viking origin. Haakon IV of Norway visited the island in 1263 en route to the Battle of Largs. Bute shown within Argyll and Bute Bute is one of the islands of the lower Firth of Clyde in Scotland. ... The Brythonic languages (or Brittonic languages) form one of the two branches of the Insular Celtic language family. ... The Gaels are an ethno-linguistic group which spread from Ireland to many parts of Britain, specifically Scotland, the Isle of Man, Wales and Cornwall. ... Dál Riata (also Dalriada or Dalriata) was a Goidelic kingdom on the western seaboard of Scotland and the northern coasts of Ireland, situated in the traditional Scottish and Northern Irish counties of Argyll, Bute and County Antrim. ... The Goidelic languages (also sometimes called the Gaelic languages or collectively Gaelic) have historically been part of a dialect continuum stretching from the south of Ireland, the Isle of Man, to the north of Scotland. ... An illustration of Hákon, King of Norway, and his son Magnus, from Flateyjarbók HÃ¥kon IV (1204 – December 16, 1263), (Norwegian HÃ¥kon HÃ¥konsson, Old Norse Hákon Hákonarson) also called Haakon the Old. ... Events Detmold, Germany was founded. ... The Battle of Largs took place in Largs, North Ayrshire in 1263 between Scotland and the forces of King Magnus III of Man and the Isles as well as the manxmens ally, King Haakon IV of Norway. ...

St. Columba and St. Ninian are said to have stayed on Arran, and there are other Irish connections, e.g. a stone circle named Fingal's Cauldron. Nearby is the 34 metres deep King's Cave where Robert the Bruce is said to have taken shelter. Saint Columba (7 December 521 - 9 June 597) is sometimes referred to as Columba of Iona, or, in Old Irish, as Saint Colm Cille or Columcille (meaning Dove of the church). He was the outstanding figure among the Gaelic missionary monks who reintroduced Christianity to Scotland during the Dark Ages. ... Saint Ninian (c. ... Robert I, King of Scots, usually known as Robert the Bruce (July 11, 1274 – June 7, 1329, reigned 1306 – 1329), was, according to a modern biographer (Geoffrey Barrow), a great hero who lived in a minor country. ...

Transport

PS Waverley in front of Brodick Castle.

Arran is connected with the Scottish mainland by two Caledonian MacBrayne ferries: PS Waverley lying off Brodick castle, the Isle of Arran, 1989, photograph taken by User:Dave souza File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... PS Waverley lying off Brodick castle, the Isle of Arran, 1989, photograph taken by User:Dave souza File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... PS Waverley steaming down the Firth of Clyde - additional views at Image:PS Waverley off Brodick castle 1989. ... Brodick Castle The Walled Garden at Brodick Castle 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. ... MV Juno (Iùno in Scottish Gaelic) arriving at Gourock on the Dunoon service The Caledonian MacBrayne headquarters building at Gourock pierhead and a visit from MV Caledonian Isles and MV Isle of Mull. ...

• Brodick to Ardrossan, Ayrshire, from the east coast of the island.
• Lochranza to Claonaig, Argyll, from the north of the island.

A third ferry route connects Lamlash to neighbouring Holy Isle during summertime. Ardrossan is a town located on the North Ayrshire coast in western Scotland. ... Claonaig is a small village on the Eastern coast of the Kintyre peninsula in western Scotland, linked to Lochranza on the Isle of Arran by ferry. ... Lamlash Lamlash is the secondary village (after Brodick) on the Isle of Arran, situated in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland. ... View of Holy Isle from Arran The Holy Isle, Firth of Clyde is one of a number of islands in the United Kingdom which go under the name Holy Island. It is located in the Firth of Clyde off the west coast of central Scotland, inside Lamlash Bay on the...

In summer the paddle steamer PS Waverley calls in at Brodick on regular cruises. A paddle steamer, paddleboat, or paddlewheeler is a ship or boat propelled by one or more paddle wheels driven by a steam engine. ... PS Waverley steaming down the Firth of Clyde - additional views at Image:PS Waverley off Brodick castle 1989. ...

The island has a main road running around the coast, the A841.

Economy

The main industry for the island is tourism, but farming and forestry are other important industries. Successful local businesses include:

• Arran Distillery, situated in Lochranza and built in 1995
• Arran Brewery, situated in Cladach, produces Arran Blonde beer, alongside other premium ales which are sold throughout the UK.
• Arran Aromatics, produces a range of toiletries on site which are sold throughout the UK.
• Auchrannie Resort, 2 hotels, 3 restaurants and 2 lesiure complex, one of biggest employers on island.
• Creelers, adjacent to Arran Aromatics, a seafood restaurant with locations in Arran and Edinburgh.

The main tourist spot on the island is the imposing Brodick Castle, owned by the National Trust for Scotland. Another interesting site is the twelve apostles of Catacol, a row of 12 small whitewashed cottages along the shoreline. The upper window facing the sea is different in each one. The theory behind this system was that the wife at home would be able to signal to her husband out fishing in the bay with a candle at the window. The husband would be able to identify who was being signalled by the shape of the window. Arran distillery, Lochranza. ... Lochranza is a village located on the Isle of Arran in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... The Arran Brewery Co. ... Cladach is a tiny settlement on the Isle of Arran, Scotland. ... Edinburgh (() pronounced ; Scottish Gaelic: ) is the capital of Scotland and its second largest city. ... Brodick Castle The Walled Garden at Brodick Castle 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. ... The standard of the NTS The National Trust for Scotland, or NTS, describes itself as The conservation charity that protects and promotes Scotlands natural and cultural heritage for present and future generations to enjoy. ...

Notable residents

• Jack McConnell, Former First Minister of Scotland.
• Jackie Brambles, Broadcaster.
• Billy Connolly, Comedian - regular visitor.^{[citation needed]}

Jack Wilson McConnell (born June 30, 1960 in Irvine, North Ayrshire) is a former First Minister of Scotland, current leader of the Scottish Labour Party and Member of the Scottish Parliament for the Motherwell and Wishaw constituency. ... Jakki Brambles is a British television and radio presenter and reporter. ... William Billy Connolly, CBE, (born 24 November 1942) is a Scottish comedian, musician, presenter, and actor. ...

Trivia

• Brodick Castle features on the Royal Bank of Scotland £20 note
• Lochranza Castle was used as the model for the castle in the Tintin adventure The Black Island.
• There are 42 red post boxes on the Isle of Arran
• The Bishop of Sodor and Man refers to the sodor or southern isles, Arran being one, which used to belong to the bishop's see.
• The island has three endemic species of tree, the Arran Whitebeams which grow nowhere else in the World.^[4]
• The Scottish Gaelic dialect of Arran died out when the last speaker died in the 1970s. However, there is now a Gaelic House in Brodick, set up at the end of the 1990s
• The last force-fire in the Isle of Arran was about 1820.
• The knitting style used to create Aran sweaters is often mistakenly associated with the Isle of Arran rather than the Irish Aran Islands.^[5]
• Arran's local newspaper, The Arran Banner, was listed in the Guinness Book of Records in November 1984 under the ‘Newspaper Records’ section. Under the sub-heading of ‘Most read’ it was entered under the title of ‘local newspaper which achieves the closest to a saturation circulation in its area.’ The entry reads: ‘The Arran Banner, founded in 1974, has a readership of more than 97 per cent in Britain’s seventh largest off-shore island.’

Brodick Castle The Walled Garden at Brodick Castle 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. ... The Royal Bank of Scotland plc (Scottish Gaelic: [1]) is one of the retail banking subsidiaries of Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc, which together with NatWest, provides branch banking facilities in the UK. Royal Bank of Scotland has around 700 branches, mainly in Scotland though there are branches in... Lochranza castle. ... The main characters and others from The Castafiore Emerald, one of the later books The Adventures of Tintin (French: ) is a series of Belgian comic books created by Belgian artist Hergé, the pen name of Georges Remi (1907–1983). ... The Black Island (LIle Noire) is a one of a series of classic comic-strip albums, written and illustrated by Belgian writer and illustrator Hergé, featuring young reporter Tintin as a hero. ... Post boxes in Australia The yellow box is for express mail. ... The Bishop of Sodor and Man is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Sodor and Man in the Province of York. ... Endemic, in a broad sense, can mean belonging or native to, characteristic of, or prevalent in a particular geography, race, field, area, or environment; Native to an area or scope. ... Binomial name The Catacol Whitebeam (Sorbus pseudomeincichii) is a rare tree endemic to the Isle of Arran in south west Scotland. ... Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) is a member of the Goidelic branch of Celtic languages. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ... The force-fire (Scottish Gaelic: tein’-éigin), or a fire produced by friction, was used in folk magic practice in the Scottish Highlands up until the 19th century. ... Knit hat, yarn, and knitting needles Knitting is a craft by which thread or yarn may be turned into cloth. ... The Aran sweater, or Arran sweater, which takes its name from the Aran Islands, was popular in the fishing villages on and islands off the West Coast of Ireland, or from the Isle of Arran off the west coast of Scotland. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ...

References

1. ^ 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland
2. ^ Haswell-Smith, Hamish. (2004) The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh. Canongate.
3. ^ Ordnance Survey
4. ^ Johnston, Ian (15 June 2007) Trees on Arran 'are a whole new species'. Edinburgh. The Scotsman newspaper Retrieved 18 June 2007.
5. ^ Daily Telegraph article

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External links

• Isle of Arran travel guide from Wikitravel
• Arran seen from space, NASA
• Isle of Arran Tour and Information
• The Isle of Arran Tourism Directory Everything every Tourist would like to know and learn about the Isle of Arran.
• The Isle of Arran Heritage Museum
• The Arran Banner Arran's local newspaper

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