Culpepper Island
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Culpeper Island is a very tiny island in the Atlantic Ocean close to Ragged Point, Saint Philip, Barbados.
The island is totally uninhabited and according to some accounts the island is now overgrown with bush and some coconut trees.
Occasionally some sheep herders will take advantage of the abundance of vegetation on Culpeper and may take their sheep out to the island by boat to graze.
According to one account it was also possible to wade out to Culpeper Island from the mainland during low tide, but discretion should be used, as this is the turbulent Atlantic Ocean side of Barbados. The footing is rather rocky and can be dangerous. Visitors should bear in mind that the East Point Lighthouse at this location was built to save ships from the dangers of this same turbulent coastline.
On March 12th,2006 the indigenous Lokono-Arawak and Karifuna-Carib tribes claimed Culpepper Island to be their own. They stated that they were descendants of Princess Marian, daughter of the last Hereditary Lokono-Arawak Chief Amorotahe Haubariria (Flying Harpy Eagle) of the Eagle Clan Lokono-Arawaks who is buried in the Westbury Cemetery in Barbados.
