Machrie Bay

Machrie Bay is a bay in , . Machrie Bay is situated nearby to the hamlet , as well as near .
  • Type: Bay
  • Description: bay in North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Machry Bay”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Moss Farm Road Stone Circle and King’s Cave.

Photo: Colin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the remains of a Bronze Age burial cairn, surrounded by a circle of stones. It is located near on the in .

Cave
Photo: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0.
King's Cave is the largest of a series of seafront north of on the in . The caves were formed around 10,000 to 6,000 years ago during an ice age when the weight of an advancing glacier forced the land downward, so the sea was higher relative to the location of the cave, with high tide around 4 metres up from its present level.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shiskine and Torbeg.

Village
Photo: Peter Amsden, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village on the in the , . The village is within the parish of Kilmory. Sitting further up the "Shiskine Valley" from the village of , the village takes its name from a corruption of the Gaelic for "marshy place".

Village
is a village on the in the , Scotland.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Isle of Arran is part of 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.

Machrie Bay

Latitude
55.55525° or 55° 33′ 19″ north
Longitude
-5.35207° or 5° 21′ 7″ west
Open location code
9C7PHJ4X+35
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2020408466
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
Geo­Names ID
2643256
Wiki­data ID
Q24639384
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Satellite Map

Discover Machrie Bay from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Machrie Bay” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Machrie Bay”
  • Swedish: “Machrie Bay”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Dunedin and Machrie.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Machrie Bay Golf Course and Uamh Bhriste.

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