Castle Island
Castle Island or Allimturrail is a small tidal island, lying off the east coast of Little Cumbrae, and to the west of Trail Island, in the Firth of Clyde.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Islet
- Description: small tidal island, lying off the east coast of Little Cumbrae, Scotland
- Also known as: “Castle Island, Scotland”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Little Cumbrae Castle and Little Cumbrae.
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
Island
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Little Cumbrae is an island in the Firth of Clyde, in North Ayrshire, Scotland. It lies south of Great Cumbrae, its larger neighbour. The underlying geology is igneous with limited outcrops of sedimentary rock.
Little Cumbrae Old Lighthouse
Ruins
Photo: Raibeart MacAoidh, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Little Cumbrae Old Lighthouse is a ruins.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Millport and West Kilbride.
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.
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.
Kilchattan Bay
Village
Photo: Andrew Mitchell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kilchattan Bay is a village on the Isle of Bute, Scotland. It lies on the island's southern end, along the coast road at the foot of a steep hill called the Suidhe Chattan which shields the village from the prevailing westerly wind. Kilchattan Bay is situated 4 miles northwest of Castle Island.
Castle Island
- Categories: island, grassland, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: North Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.71867° or 55° 43′ 7″ northLongitude
-4.94295° or 4° 56′ 35″ westOpen location code
9C7QP394+FROpenStreetMap ID
way 4496239OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=grassOpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
11611075Wikidata ID
Q3997513
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Scottish Gaelic—“Castle Island” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Castle Island”
- Irish: “Eilean a‘ Chaisteil”
- Irish: “Eilean a’ Chaisteil”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Castle Island i Skottland”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Eilean a‘ Chaisteil”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Eilean a‘ Chaisteil”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Eilean a’ Chaisteil”
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