Pladda
| Pladda | |
 Pladda seen from Arran, with Ailsa Craig behind | |
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| Location | |
| Location: | 55°25’33"N, 5°7’10"W |
| Grid reference: | NS027191 |
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Pladda is an uninhabited island about half a miles off the south coast of the Isle of Arran in Buteshire. The automated Pladda Lighthouse stands at the southern end of the isle, with its ancillary buildings.
The island is privately owned, having been put up for sale by Arran Estate in 1990.[1]
Geography
Pladda is a small, flat, teardrop-shaped island, half a mile along its length and rising to just 89 feet above sea level. Unusual for such a small island it has its own source of fresh water.
Pladda shares its name with Pladda Island, a tiny islet in Argyllshire, lying in the Lynn of Lorn between Lismore and Ardmucknish Bay.
Church
There appears to have been a church or chapel on Pladda. John of Fordun and other chroniclers from 1400 to 1500 speak of the isle of St Blase of Pladda.
Nothing now remains to mark its site, and its whereabouts are unknown.[2]
Outside links
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References
- ↑ Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. pp. 16. ISBN 1841954543.
- ↑ "Pladda, Church". ScotlandsPlaces. 1977-11-11. http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/search_item/index.php?service=RCAHMS&id=40073. Retrieved 2012-08-04.