Ailsa Craig, Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
Ailsa Craig , Ayrshire, Scotland, UK . View across to Ailsa Craig . Ailsa Craig is an island of 99 hectares ( 240 acres) in the outher Firth of Clyde. 16 Kilometres west of the mainland of Scotland. It is formed from a volcanic plug from a long extinct volcano believed to be over 500 million years old. It is an archetypal island mountain. A breeding ground for one of the largest colonies of gannets in the world & it contains a most important 'blue hone' granite quarry, known the world. over as the source of granite for curling stonest
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Location: Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
Photo credit: © Alister Firth / Alamy / Afripics
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