Dippin Head

Dippin Head is a cape in Scotland, United Kingdom. Dippin Head is situated nearby to the neighborhood Largybeg, as well as near the hamlet Kildonan.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pladda and Giants’ Graves.

Pladda

Islet

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Pladda is an uninhabited island 1 km off the south coast of the Isle of Arran in the Firth of Clyde at grid reference NS027191, western Scotland. It is home to the automated Pladda Lighthouse.

Giants’ Graves

Archaeological site

Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Giants' Graves are the remains of two Neolithic chambered tombs on the Isle of Arran in Scotland. They are situated within 40 metres of each other, and stand on a ridge 120 metres above the sea in a clearing in a forest, overlooking Whiting Bay to the south.

Pladda Lighthouse

Lighthouse

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Pladda Lighthouse is an active 18th century lighthouse situated at the southern end of the island of Pladda in western Scotland. The lighthouse dates from 1790 and was designed by Thomas Smith.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kildonan and Whiting Bay.

Kildonan

Hamlet

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Kildonan is a village on the south coast of the Isle of Arran in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland. The village is within the parish of Kilmory.

Whiting Bay

Village

Photo: Leslie Barrie, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Whiting Bay is a village located on the Isle of Arran in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland four miles south of Lamlash and eight miles south of Brodick. With more than 600 inhabitants it's the third largest village on the island of Arran, behind Lamlash and Brodick.

Kilmory

Hamlet

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Kilmory is a small village on the south coast of the Isle of Arran, located on the coastal road between Lagg and Kildonan. Kilmory is also the parish of the western side of the Isle of Arran.

Dippin Head

Type: Cape
Description: cape in North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
Category: landform
Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.45383° or 55° 27′ 14″ north

Longitude

-5.08542° or 5° 5′ 8″ west

Open location code

9C7PFW37+GR

OpenStreetMap ID

node 13119068422

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=cape

GeoNames ID

2651227

Wikidata ID

Q24649320

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Dippin Head” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Dippin Head”
Swedish: “Dippin Head”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Largybeg and Drimlabarra.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Kildonan, dun site and Kildonan Castle.

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