Horse Isle
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Horse Isle is a small, rocky, uninhabited island in the Firth of Clyde, in Scotland. The island lies around 1 km west of the mainland town of Ardrossan at grid reference NS211427, providing some shelter to the harbour that the Arran ferry sails from.
Two smaller islands, North Islet and East Islet, skirt the east coast of Horse Isle and a number of other rocks litter the sound between the island and the mainland.
An old and derelict tower is located at the south end of Horse Isle. Presumably at one time it was used as a lighthouse but it is indicated only by the word "landmark" on the Ordnance Survey map.
In 1960 the tugboat, Brigadier, ran aground on Horse Isle and sank.
Today (2006), Horse Isle is a Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) Area of Special Protection (AoSP)[1] for breeding seabirds and waterfowl and winter grounds. (The term AoSP replaced Bird Sanctuary Orders (Protection of Birds Act 1967). AoSP’s are created under the Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981 with the aim of preventing disturbance or destruction of birds.)
It is within the administrative district of North Ayrshire.
[edit] References
- ^ [http://www.clydeforum.org/reports/focconf.pdf Conference on the Ecology and Management of the Firth of Clyde - Papers] (pdf). Firth of Clyde Forum (2001). Retrieved on 2006-10-27.
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