Farland Head
Farland Head is a cape in Scotland, United Kingdom. Farland Head is situated nearby to the hamlet Portencross, as well as near the village Seamill.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Portencross Castle and Hunterston Castle.
Portencross Castle
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Portencross Castle, also known historically as Portincross Castle, is situated in Portencross, on the west coast of Scotland, about 3 km from West Kilbride.
Hunterston Castle
Hunterston Castle, West Kilbride, North Ayrshire, Scotland is the historic home of the lairds of Hunterston and Chiefs of Clan Hunter. The keep dates from the late 12th, or early 13th centuries, while the attached manor house is of the 18th century. Hunterston Castle is situated 2 miles northeast of Farland Head.
Little Cumbrae Castle
Photo: Eddie Dowds, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Little Cumbrae Castle sits on Castle Island or Allin Tuirail from the Scottish Gaelic: eilean tùr nan uaislean meaning "islet of the nobles' tower", a small tidal island situated off the east coast of Little Cumbrae, in the Firth of Clyde. Little Cumbrae Castle is situated 2 miles northwest of Farland Head.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West Kilbride and Seamill.
West Kilbride
West Kilbride is a town in Ayrshire on the Clyde coast, with a population of 4860 in 2022. Named for St Brigit of Kildare, it was traditionally a weaving, potato-growing and sheep-farming town.
Seamill
Village
Photo: Paul Thomson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Seamill is a village in North Ayrshire on the west coast of Scotland, about 5 miles north of Ardrossan and 8 miles south of Largs, on the east coast of the Firth of Clyde. Seamill is situated 2 miles southeast of Farland Head.
Millport
Photo: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Great Cumbrae is an island in the Firth of Clyde off the coast of Ayrshire, with Millport as its only settlement, and a population of 1376 in 2011. The island is about 3 miles long by 1½ miles wide, roughly tooth-shaped, with a broad bay indenting its south coast.
Farland Head
- Type: Cape
- Description: cape in North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
- Category: landform
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Farland Head” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Farland Head”
- Swedish: “Farland Head”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Portencross and Meadowfoot.
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Highlights include Auld Hill and Ardneil Bay.
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