Ailsa Craig Lighthouse
The Ailsa Craig Lighthouse, is an active 19th century lighthouse located on Ailsa Craig, an island in the Firth of Clyde, just offshore from Girvan, South Ayrshire, Scotland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ailsa Craig and Ailsa Craig Castle.
Ailsa Craig
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Ailsa Craig is an uninhabited island in the Firth of Clyde, 9 miles off the coast of Ayrshire. It measures about 3⁄4 of a mile north-south by ½ a mile east-west, and rises abruptly to 1120 ft.
Ailsa Craig Castle
Ruins
Photo: Ron Ireland, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ailsa Craig Castle is a ruins, which is situated 1,200 feet southwest of Ailsa Craig Lighthouse.
Ailsa Craig Lighthouse
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: active 19th century lighthouse located on Ailsa Craig, Scotland
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: South Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Polish—“Ailsa Craig Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- Czech: “maják Ailsa Craig”
- Czech: “Maják Ailsa Craig”
- Estonian: “Ailsa Craigi majakas”
- Estonian: “Ailsa Craigi tuletorn”
- French: “phare d’Ailsa Craig”
- French: “Phare d’Ailsa Craig”
- Polish: “Latarnia morska Ailsa Craig”
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