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  Ayrshire and Arran
A beautiful coastline with pretty villages is complemented by a rugged and mountainous interior in the north and green rolling hills and woodland in the south.
Culzean Castle and Country Park, situated on a cliff-top near Maybole, is often described as the 'Jewel in the Crown' for the National Trust of Scotland.
The whole of Ayrshire & Arran is a mecca for golf enthusiasts¿ professional or amateur - with over 40 outstanding courses spread throughout the area.
www.ayrshire-arran.com   (283 words)

  
 Isle of Arran Main Page on Undiscovered Scotland
Arran is one of the most accessible of the Scottish islands and one of the most southerly.
Beinn Tarsuinn in the west and the Goatfell Ridge to the east of Glen Rosa are particularly challenging.
Lochranza, boasting a castle and a ferry to the Kintyre peninsula.
www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk /areaarra/index.html   (398 words)

  
 Isle of Arran, Scotland - Visit Arran the online guide to Arran   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Isle of Arran, Scotland is the most southerly Scottish island and sits in the Firth of Clyde between Ayrshire and Kintyre.
Arran is 19 miles long by 10 miles wide but has a remarkable diversity of landscapes and seascapes.
The pretty villages on Arran’s beautiful coastline are complemented by a rugged and mountainous interior in the north and green rolling hills and woodland in the south.
www.visitarran.net   (151 words)

  
 Geography of Iran: Arran Province (New Republic of Azerbaijan)
Arran remained essentially a frontier province, left to its native princes, who were led by the Mihranids,[4] on condition of the payment of tribute to the Muslim exchequer.
The Islamic geographers of this period give descriptions of Arran in general and of its towns (Barda'a, Baylaqan, Ganja and Šamkur or al-Motawakkeliya) in particular, describing their agricultural fertility and their importance for commerce across the Caucasus, despite their vulnerability to attacks from the Georgians and the Rus.
Sahl ibn-Sunbat of Shakki and Arran," in BSOAS 15, 1953, pp.504-14.
www.iranchamber.com /geography/articles/arran.php   (1336 words)

  
 Powered by Arran Technologies, Inc.
Arran Technologies is the personal connection between you and our innovative IDX solutions.
Arran was founded in 1983 primarily to address the specific needs of the Unisys MAPPER user community.
Arran was one of the first nationally recognized Broker Reciprocity solution providers in North America.
www.idxsearch.com /arran.htm   (446 words)

  
 Isle of Arran B&B accommodation cottages and sightseeing - The Internet Guide to Scotland
Arran is a small island, 20 miles long and 56 miles round, located off the south-west coast of Scotland.
Brodick's attractions include the Arran Heritage Museum (on the way to Rosaburn) which shows Arran as it was up to the 1920s, the castle and the golf course.
The Anchorage Lodge is a 4-bedroom detached villa in Lamlash.
www.scotland-inverness.co.uk /arran.htm   (4866 words)

  
 Arran: Island distillery- Scotch Whisky -
Isle of Arran is sometimes called "Scotland in miniature" because all the variety of landscapes found in Scotland are present on this small island, like mountains, plains, lakes valleys and royal castles.
A part of the casks are stored in the warehouses of Springbank, due to a lack of room in the distillery, and the legal impossibility to extent the current warehouses at Arran distillery.
The whisky of Arran is used in lots of blends, among others Loch Ranze and Holy Isle Cream Liquor.
www.whisky-distilleries.info /Arran_EN.shtml   (1194 words)

  
 Isle of Arran B&B accommodation cottages and sightseeing - The Internet Guide to Scotland
Arran is a small island, 20 miles long and 56 miles round, located off the south-west coast of Scotland.
Brodick's attractions include the Arran Heritage Museum (on the way to Rosaburn) which shows Arran as it was up to the 1920s, the castle and the golf course.
Arran Hideaways are booking agents for a wide range of holiday accommodation including self catering properties (including last minute deals) and B&Bs/guest houses.
www.scotland-info.co.uk /arran.htm   (4839 words)

  
 Arran Technologies, INC.
Arran also has extensive experience in orchestrating and executing an organization's Systems Migration from legacy systems to modern ERP packages.
Arran also focuses on developing value from a corporation's transactional business systems by providing Data Warehousing and OLAP solutions for business analysis and decision support solutions.
Arran Technologies is a customer-focused company, determined to provide the highest level of service and business satisfaction.
www.arran.com   (214 words)

  
 Arran Chemical Company - Company Profile
Arran is a member of PharmaChemical Ireland (the Irish pharmaceutical and chemical trade association) and of SOCMA.
Arran is certified to the ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 14001:2004 Standards, has a Safety Management System in place, and adheres to the Responsible Care Programme.
Arran has twenty years of experience in manufacturing specialised chiral amines and other chiral synthons, which are used as resolving agents or intermediates in pharmaceutical synthesis, and our growing list of chiral diamines can offer key building blocks for development of new chiral ligands and catalysts.
www.arranchemical.ie /company/index.html   (517 words)

  
 The wildlife of the Isle of Arran
The climate of Arran is relatively mild due to the warming influence of the Gulf Stream.
On Arran, heron, mallard, shelduck, merganser and eider are present all year round, joined in the winter months by widgoen, golden eye and teal.
Arran is the most southern point where ptarmigan can be seen in Scotland.
www.castlekirk.co.uk /wildlife.html   (1872 words)

  
 MCofS; Walking Wild on Arran
Arran is said to have most of the features of Scotland within the compass of the one compact island setting, though to the hill-walker and mountaineer thoughts invariably turn to the north end of the island, and especially the bold stacks of the peaks ranged above Glen Rosa and Glen Sannox.
Judicious use of the bus services enables the route to be done in sections of one's own chosing, and as a means of looking at, and planning ideas for walks in the coastal situations the booklet and map is a useful addition to the walker's rucksack.
As with much else on Arran the impression is given that the whole point of venturing across to the island is to enjoy oneself - from shore to summit there is something for everyone.
www.mountaineering-scotland.org.uk /feature/arran.html   (1978 words)

  
 Isle of Arran B&B Accommodation Bed and Breakfast on Arran Scotland
Arran is just 20 miles long and 56 miles round, but it encapsulates the best of what Scotland can offer in scenery, history, food and drink.
There's also a ferry between Lochranza on Arran and Claonaig on the Kintyre peninsula, which is ideal if you want to tour Argyll or continue your holiday on the islands of Islay and Jura.
Arran's scenery varies from high mountain peaks to quiet sandy beaches, from forests to fast flowing streams and waterfalls.
www.arran-shore.co.uk   (663 words)

  
 Arran Aromatics
Getting to Arran is easier than you might think, with the ferry port at Ardrossan a comfortable drive or train ride away from most parts of Scotland and northern England.
Travel north from there to the award-winning Isle of Arran Distillers, where the lost art of whisky making has been revived using the pure water of the Eason Biorach burn, rising through soft peat and over cleansing red granite, to create an appetising single malt with a light peat character.
There are seven golf courses on the island, all of which welcome visitors for a bracing round and a leisurely dram at the nineteenth hole and Arran is compact enough to see by bicycle, pony or by foot.
www.arran-aromatics.co.uk /visitors/arran/visiting.html   (337 words)

  
 Arran Chemical Company - Regulatory Framework
Arran is certified to ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 14001:2004 and has incorporated many GMP features into its operating systems.
Arran adheres to the Responsible Care Programme and is a member of PharmaChemical Ireland and of SOCMA.
Arran has a Safety Management System in place and updates this on a regular basis.
www.arranchemical.ie /environment/index.html   (99 words)

  
 Isle of Arran, Main Map, Island of Arran, Scotland, UK
The Island of Arran is situated on the south west coast of Scotland
"Often referred to as 'Scotland in Miniature', the Isle of Arran within a short compass captures many aspects of the beauty of Scotland as a whole, from towering granite peaks inviting hill walkers and climbers to peaceful sandy bays overlooked by palm trees growing in the warm climate of The Gulf Stream.
The wildlife is outstanding, with deer, pheasant, otter and eagle readily seen in the mountains.
www.arran.uk.com   (290 words)

  
 Geology Section
At the Arran Heritage Museum, there are displays on the geology of Arran, with samples of the rock types that can be found on the Island, fossils and palaeontological exhibits about Arran.
In the following pages we hope to give you a taste for the wonderful geology found on Arran via some examples of the different rock types that can be found on Arran and a simplified overview of the geological history of Arran.
For those of you who are are interested in more detailed studies and explanations of the geology of Arran, a page of references and recommended reading has been attached.
www.arranmuseum.co.uk /geology.htm   (428 words)

  
 Arran - The Republic of Azerbaijan - (The Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies - CAIS)©
A region of eastern Transcaucasia, which lays essentially within the great triangle of land, lowland in the east but rising to mountains in the west, formed by the junction of the Rivers Kur or Kura and Araxes or Aras.
In pre-Islamic times, Arran formed the heart of the Iranian province of Caucasian Albania (to be distinguished of course from the Balkan Albania), which in fact embraced all eastern Transcaucasia, i.e.
Arran here was a wider concept than that of post-Islamic Arran, and corresponded grosso-modo with the modern republic of Azerbaijan (since 1918).
www.cais-soas.com /CAIS/Geography/arran.htm   (1806 words)

  
 Isle of Arran travel guide - Wikitravel
The Isle of Arran is situated in south-western Scotland, in the Firth of Clyde near Glasgow.
The Isle of Arran is often described as 'Scotland in Miniature', offering the scenery of the Scottish Highlands and Lowlands on one Island, in the North and South respectively.
The nearest Airport to Arran, is Glasgow Prestwick International on the mainland, situated 32 miles to the south of Glasgow.
wikitravel.org /en/Isle_of_Arran   (2196 words)

  
 About Ayrshire and Arran
Not only is Ayrshire & Arran a mecca for all golfers with over 40 quality courses, including 3 Open Championship, it is also home to some of the most prestigious heritage and visitor attractions that Scotland has to offer.
The Isle of Arran, located a 55min ferry crossing from Ardrossan, is very distinct from Ayrshire and is known as 'Scotland in miniature'.
Many places claim to have 'something for everyone' but Ayrshire and Arran is one example that stands up under the tightest scrutiny.
www.ayrshire-arran.com /about   (588 words)

  
 Isle of Arran - Search Results - MSN Encarta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Arran, Island of, island, western Scotland, in the Firth of Clyde, part of Strathclyde region.
The county comprised the Island of Arran, Bute, the Cumbraes, and several...
Island, any comparatively small body of land completely surrounded by water.
encarta.msn.com /Isle_of_Arran.html   (127 words)

  
 Arran Boats - Professional Boat Sales
This boat was designed to go to sea, but the Arran 16s strength and stability has made it ideal for use elsewhere.
This is because of the unusually large and deep bilge and centre keel on the Arran 16.
They enable the boat to go in a straight line at very slow trolling speeds even when the wind is trying to blow you off course.
www.arranboats.co.uk /why_buy.htm   (376 words)

  
 Arran Aerospace: The Aerospace Industry Consultants Who Prefer A Timex To A Rolex...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Arran Aerospace: The Aerospace Industry Consultants Who Prefer A Timex To A Rolex...
Arran Aerospace also conducts detailed independent market analyses and 10-year forecasts on a broad range of aerospace and defence subjects from basic military piston trainers to...
Prior to establishing Arran Aerospace in 1996, Doug had been closely involved with the Teal Group Corporation since its inception in 1989 and thereafter worked with Airbus Industrie in Toulouse.
www.arran-aerospace.com /Who_We_Are.html   (214 words)

  
 The Isle of Arran Brewery Company Ltd
Whether you are looking for a present for a friend or relative, or just deserve a reward to yourself, Arran Hampers offer fine luxury Scottish food and drink in attractive packaging.
Arran Hampers delivery is available to anywhere in the world from the UK.
The clean air and water of the Isle of Arran are combined with traditional brewing methods to give the Arran range of beers a distinctive quality and taste.
www.arranbrewery.co.uk   (516 words)

  
 Arran - Scotland in Minature
As you board the ferry at Ardrossan, you see the distinctive silhouette of Goat Fell rising dramatically from the clear waters of the Firth of Clyde giving a foretaste of your destination whose unique magic never disappoints.
Often described as "Scotland in Miniature", Arran has a blend of Highland and Island scenery with granite peaks and deep glens to the north of the island, contrasting with its rolling and lush farmlands to the south.
Only 56 miles around its coastline, the small villages are compared to ‘jewels on a necklace’ strung out like pearls around the island.
www.brightwaterholidays.com /uktours/uk_arran/uk_arran.htm   (340 words)

  
 Adventure Activities and Team Building Events, Isle of Arran
Great experiences are priceless and the Isle of Arran Adventure activities and team building events Company is here to help create those special moments for family, friends, colleagues and you!
The isle of Arran is a spectacular island - rugged peaks fall straight to the sheltered waters of the Clyde and rolling hills provide the balance which makes Arran affectionately known as “Scotland in Miniature” After an Enlivened Easter,...The Adventure Team are ready and waiting Why wait until the summer rush?
Arran's outdoor scene is here and now, itching to be explored!
www.arranadventure.com   (406 words)

  
 Isle of Arran Heritage Museum
The Isle of Arran Heritage Museum, founded in 1976(open to the public in 1979) is on the main road, at Rosaburn, just north of Brodick, on the beautiful Island of Arran, Scotland.
Originally the site of a small school, the present group of buildings were a croft and smiddy, and include a farmhouse, cottage, bothy, milk house, laundry, stable, coach house and harness room.
Isle of Arran Heritage Museum, Rosaburn, Brodick, Isle of Arran, KA27 8DP, Scotland, UK.
www.arranmuseum.co.uk   (125 words)

  
 Activities in Ayrshire & Arran
The Carrick Forest in South Ayrshire, Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park and cycle trail between Lamlash and Kilmory on the Isle of Arran provide the mountain biker with miles and miles of off road tracks and forest trails.
For the landlubbers amongst us seeking peace and solitude there are many miles of footpaths, woodland and forest trails and mountain peaks to explore.
Reminiscent of the Scottish Highlands, the granite peaks and deep valleys in the north of Arran contrast with the rolling heather-clad moorlands of the south.
www.visitscotland.com /library/activitiesayrshire   (380 words)

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