Glen Rosa
Glen Rosa is a glen near Goat Fell on the Isle of Arran in the Firth of Clyde, western Scotland. Glen Rosa can be reached from the road just outside Brodick. The trek up the glen is fairly low-lying, gaining less than 200 metres in elevation.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Brodick Castle and Goat Fell.
Brodick Castle
Castle
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Brodick Castle is a castle situated outside the port of Brodick on the Isle of Arran, an island in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland. It was previously a seat of the Dukes of Hamilton, but is now owned by the National Trust for Scotland.
Goat Fell
Scenic viewpoint
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Goat Fell is the highest point on the Isle of Arran. At 875 metres, it is one of four Corbetts on the island. The mountain, along with nearby Brodick Castle, is now owned by the National Trust for Scotland. Goat Fell is situated 2 miles north of Glen Rosa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cladach and Home Farm.
Cladach
Hamlet
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Note: Cladach is a general Scottish Gaelic word for "beach" or "shore" and occurs in many Scottish placenames Cladach is a tiny settlement on the Isle of Arran, Scotland.
Home Farm
Locality
Home Farm was the estate farm for Brodick Castle. It now houses a series of tourist enterprises including a cheese shop and Arran Aromatics. This was the site of Khartoum which was a kind of shanty town.
Isle of Arran
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The Isle of Arran is part of Ayrshire in southwest Scotland. It lies in the Firth of Clyde, the broad reach of sea southwest of Glasgow and enclosed by the Ayrshire coast to the east and the Kintyre peninsula to the west.
Glen Rosa
- Type: Valley with an elevation of 801 feet
- Description: valley in North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
- Category: landform
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Glen Rosa” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Glen Rosa (walog)”
- Cebuano: “Glen Rosa”
- Irish: “Gleann Ruasaidh”
- Swedish: “Glen Rosa”
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