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	THE CUMBRAES - LoveToKnow Article on THE CUMBRAES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		There is some fishing and a little farming, but the mainstay of the inhabitants is the custom of the visitors who crowd every summer to Millport, which is reached by railway steamer from Largs.
		LITTLE CUMBRAE ISLAND lies to the south, separated by the Tan, a strait half a mile wide.
		In the Little Cumbrae they appear on the east side, where they underlie and are interbedded with the lavas.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /C/CU/CUMBRAES_THE.htm (637 words)

	Great Cumbrae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Great Cumbrae (also known as Cumbrae or the Isle of Cumbrae) is an island in the lower Firth of Clyde at grid reference NS169566.
		Cumbrae, along with Bute and Arran, is famous with generations of daytrippers from Glasgow as one of the resorts visited going "Doon the watter" - meaning taking a trip aboard a Clyde paddle steamer.
		Cumbrae lies close to 2 Nuclear power stations - Hunterston A to the north, at Kip (Magnox, being decommissioned for the next 135 years) and Hunterston B to the east, near Fairlie (Advanced gas-cooled reactor).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Great_Cumbrae (1120 words)

	Little Cumbrae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Little Cumbrae is an island in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland.
		Cumbrae Lighthouse was built in 1793 by Thomas Smith who was under commission from the Commissioners of the Northern Lights.
		Little Cumbrae was privately purchased in 2003 and is to be developed as a memorial park, nature reserve and corporate escape.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Little_Cumbrae (295 words)

	Little Cumbrae -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Prior to the creation of an automated (A fire (usually on a hill or tower) that can be seen from a distance) beacon on the Scottish coast, Little Cumbrae had an open fire (A tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships) lighthouse there.
		Little Cumbrae has been privately purchased in 2003 and is to be developed as a memorial park and nature reserve.
		Although the island is occasionally populated by the owner and his family, it is more widely known for its huge (Any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food) rabbit population.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/li/little_cumbrae.htm (192 words)

	Guidebook to the Cumbraes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In the case of the Cumbrae Lorne the foundations, fosse, and other vestiges of a ruined strength were, about fourteen years ago, discovered on its site by the writer, and the discovery has since been amply confirmed by competent judges.
		It was a nice little property or estate, and was, until a comparatively recent period, held for generations by the Stewarts of Kilwhinlik in Bute.
		Trahoun is in Redesdale, a little way south of the Border; Torheune is in Peeblesshire; and Torquhan is the name of a place in We-dale, or dale of the sanctuary,-a section of the valley of Gala-water.
	www.cimbrae.freeserve.co.uk /Millport/Documents/GuideBook/Chapter2.htm (16266 words)

	Millport Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Great Cumbrae first appears as a footnote in history books when King Håkon of Norway made his headquarters at its northern end in September 1263 before the Battle of Largs.
		And along with the rest of Great Cumbrae, it is especially popular with cyclists, most doing the 11 mile circuit of the island from the Cumbrae Slip.
		A cheeky thesaurus of Scottishness, an A-Z of Caledonian myth and mischief, a glimpse at the DNA of nationality.
	www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk /cumbrae/millport (804 words)

	Cumbrae
		consist of Great Cumbrae Island and Little Cumbrae Island, and have fine views to the mainland and across to Arran and Bute.
		Little Cumbrae island, 1.5 miles south of Great Cumbrae at Millport, is about two miles long and one mile wide.
		Great Cumbrae was a property of the Montgomerys, then the Stewarts, and there was a castle and mansion at Ballikillet [NS 172560], although little remains.
	www.virtualhebrides.com /location/cumbrae.htm (305 words)

	the Cumbraes -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Great Cumbrae, which measures 4.5 square miles (11.5 square km), is composed of ancient sandstone…
		Great Cumbrae, which measures 4.5 square miles (11.5 square km), is composed of...
		It encompasses part of the historic region of Cunninghame on the Scottish mainland, in the historic county of Ayrshire, as well as several islands in the Firth of Clyde, including the Cumbraes and the Isle of Arran, which belong to the historic county of Buteshire.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9028194?tocId=9028194 (762 words)

	CLYDE - LoveToKnow Article on CLYDE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The old rhyme that Annan, Tweed and Clyde rise a out o ae hillside is not true, for Little Clyde Burn here referred to, rising in Clyde Law (2190 ft.), is only an affluent and not a parent stream.
		The Cumbraes, Bute and Arran are the principal islands in its waters.
		In addition to harbour lights, beacons on rocks, and light-ships, there are lighthouses on Ailsa Craig, Sanda, Davaar, Pladda, Holy Isle, and Little Cumbrae, and at Turnberry Point, Cloth Point and Toward Point.
	37.1911encyclopedia.org /C/CL/CLYDE.htm (1541 words)

	Scottish Accommodation Index - Millport, Isle of Cumbrae
		Millport itself is the prettiest of seaside towns nestling in the outstretched arms of Millport and Kames Bays and offers both sandy beaches and great views of Little Cumbrae, Ailsa Craig, Arran, the Eileans and the North Ayrshire Hills.
		However, on Great Cumbrae the most striking artefacts from the island’s prehistoric past are a number of Bronze Age cists, or burial chambers, at both Fintry and Lady Bays.
		Great Cumbrae was likely incorporated into the kingdom of the Britons, who had their capital at Dumbarton Rock, and later possibly became part of Dalriata, the seed from which the Kingdom of Scotland would grow.
	www.scottishaccommodationindex.com /millportview.htm (800 words)

	Saturn Sails: Saturn Racing.
		We were perhaps a little over zealous in this respect as we ended up having to motor to the start line arriving some 4 minutes late for our start.
		At this time we thought that this was the start of the forecasted breeze and tacked along the Little Cumbrae shore.
		As we cleared Little Cumbraes south-east headland and bore away, "Tundra", a Seaquest 36, was along side.
	www.saturn-sails.co.uk /largs_2004.html (1511 words)

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		And from the day of his charge at Little Cumbrae he steps before us what he remained until the end, a man of the most zealous industry, greedy of occupation, greedy of knowledge, a stern husband of time, a reader, a writer, unflagging in his task of self-improvement.
		Seven little hopefuls enlivened the house; some were growing up; to the elder girl my grandfather already wrote notes in current hand at the tail of his letters to his wife: and to the elder boys he had begun to print, with laborious care, sheets of childish gossip and pedantic applications.
		A very little man of a swarthy complexion, he came ashore, exhausted and unshaved, from a long boat passage, and lay down to sleep in the home of the parish schoolmaster.
	www.ibiblio.org /pub/docs/books/gutenberg/etext95/rfeng10.txt (18466 words)

	CUMBRAES, THE - Online Information article about CUMBRAES, THE
		There is some fishing and a little farming, but the mainstay of the inhabitants is the See also:
		The strata met with in the Great and Little Cumbrae belong to the Upper Old Red See also:
		cover nearly the whole of the Little Cumbrae, where they give rise to marked terraced features and are arranged in a See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /CRE_DAH/CUMBRAES_THE.html (853 words)

	clyde wrecks
		Largs and the Cumbraes are probably the most popular area but Inverkip and Dunoon also have good facilities.
		Little Cumbrae is a private island and the owner does not like anyone landing there.
		It is the southernmost of the two Cumbraes and a lot of ships seem to have run into it.
	website.lineone.net /~reivers.sac/clyde_wrecks/clyde_wrecks.htm (1613 words)

	Rob's Poems and Essays
		The precincts were beautiful, the hills and the sea all around were breathtaking, and the library in which we met was lived in and comfortable, like the common room in an old college.
		So it is not surprising (but it is delightful) that the magic of this little community is continuing.
		Also in ECM I loved the descriptions of Focusing process and of psychotherapy, which were written when Gene was still closely in touch with Carl Rogers, and sit at the boundary between (early) Focusing and (earlyish) Person-Centred Therapy.
	www.telfordsites.co.uk /werewolf/cumbrae.html (1140 words)

	Robert Stevenson
		Smith with the erection of a lighthouse, which the latter had planned for the island of Little Cumbrae, and been commissioned to construct by the trustees of the Clyde Navigation.
		In this way, while superintending the erection of the lighthouse at Cumbrae, he availed himself of the cessation of the work during the winter months, by attending the Andersonian Institution at Glasgow, where he studied the mathematical and mechanical sciences connected with his profession.
		But when he attempted to speak, his mouth was so parched that his tongue refused utterance, and he now learned by experience that the saliva is as necessary as the tongue itself for speech.
	www.electricscotland.com /HISTORY/other/stevenson_robert.htm (3826 words)

	The Scotsman - Scotland - Diver dies in Clyde (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The man, who has not been named, was diving from an inflatable boat off the island of Little Cumbrae with three other people when he got into difficulties at about 2.25pm.
		He was ascending in stages after diving to 15 metres in the water when he appeared to stop breathing, his companions reported.
		The Coastguard was alerted but, despite attempts to revive the man in the boat and in an ambulance, he was pronounced dead at hospital in Millport on Great Cumbrae.
	thescotsman.scotsman.com /scotland.cfm?id=737072002 (179 words)

	Welcome to St Clair Gardens - everything you need to know about this holiday flat
		Clair Gardens overlooks Kames Bay, with commanding views across the Firth of Clyde to Little Cumbrae and beyond.
		Millport is a small town on the south side of the Isle of Great Cumbrae, which is located in the Firth of Clyde between Arran and the mainland.
		Only 30 minutes from Glasgow airport by car to Largs and then the ferry is a delightful ten-minute sail to the island.
	www.btinternet.com /~nmcintyre/StClairGardens.htm (249 words)

	"The Orange Box" ; Avon RIB (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Most memorable was a trip in tandem with "Orca" from Cumbrae (via fuel bay at Largs Marina) over to Arran.
		About 1720hrs, left Cumbrae with the skipper of (the mighty) Endeavour and NBTNC Photiegraffer, down Largs channel, thru the Tan and over to St Blanes Hotel, Kilchattan, Bute (www.stblaneshotel.com).
		Locals here have made superb efforts to landscape and decorate the area around the small stone jetty, there are even picnic tables so you can enjoy your own picnic if you are a yachtie and don't want to trek into a hotel with your yellow wellies (Stevie).
	home.freeuk.net /ayrshire68/page3.html (1277 words)

	Browse Ayrshire, Latest News, Sport, Jobs, Property and Travel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		JACK McConnell was forced to abandon plans for an official visit to South Africa after the Foreign Office warned that none of the country's senior politicians would meet the First Minister.
		News: Be the lord of Little Cumbrae for a cool 3m
		Little Cumbrae offers potential buyers a rugged coastline, a 12-bedroomed Victorian mansion and a castle dating back to the 13th century.
	www.browseayrshire.com /index.php?newsgroup=16 (430 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Glasgow
		Archdiocese in the south-west of Scotland, comprising at the present day the Counties of Lanark, Dumbarton, and Renfrew, part of Ayrshire north of Lugton Water, the district of Baldernock in Stirlingshire, and the Cumbrae Isles.
		He also established on the Welsh model a religious community, which served as a much needed centre to preserve the Faith among the surrounding Christian population.
		In his time Cathures, as the place was originally called, stood at the northern limit of the little kingdom of the Strathclyde Britons, which extended on the west of the island southwards as far as Carlisle in Cumberland.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/06577b.htm (1634 words)

	CHAPTER TWELVE
		The light on Holy Island fell slowly astern as the one on Little Cumbrae grew stronger, and the wind gathered still more strength, backing slightly southward and settling there.
		The lights of work boats passed them—fishermen headed out to sea, their engines throbbing across the dark—as he threaded between Little Cumbrae and the tip of Bute, and buoys and lights grew more frequent, lending him assurance as he picked up his piloting guides.
		The Firth narrowed steadily as he passed Great Cumbrae, and the eastern sky began to lighten as he left Toward Point to port and picked up the lights of Dunoon to the northwest.
	www.globusz.com /ebooks/Troll/00000022.htm (3848 words)

	Wrecks Diving
		Although the cabin and tailplane are missing the fuselage can be entered with care and lies on the sandy seabed leaning on its starboard wing, the port wing lies broken around the wreck.
		In an eventful voyage lasting 4 months, the LADY ISABELLA lost 100 tons of cargo and one crewmember and was eventually grounded on the west coast of Little Cumbrae in 1902.
		On 15th July 1894 while outward bound from Glasgow she ran ashore near the Little Cumbrae Lighthouse.
	www.jteevan.freeserve.co.uk /wrecks.htm (801 words)

	Scotland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The town of Alloway is where Scottish national poet Rabbie Burns was born in a tiny cottage on January 25th 1759.
		Little did he know that 250 years on his birth would be celebrated all over the world at Burns suppers!
		You can also catch the ferry to Great Cumbrae and Little Cumbrae islands, which are popular with cyclists.
	www.adventurebritain.com /scotlandcentral.htm (1232 words)

	Tourist Information for Isle of Cumbrae
		Scotland > West of Scotland > Isle of Cumbrae
		There are two islands making up the Cumbraes, Great Cumbrae and Little Cumbrae, today it is Great Cumbrae that has remained inhabitated.
		Cumbrae, along with Arran and Bute became part of Scotland in 1263.
	www.yesscotland.com /region19cos.php (501 words)

	Millport.org - The OFFICIAL Isle of Cumbrae Tourist Association Website for Millport, Isle of Cumbrae, Scotland.
		Millport.org - The OFFICIAL Isle of Cumbrae Tourist Association Website for Millport, Isle of Cumbrae, Scotland.
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	www.millport.org (216 words)

	Historical perspective for Little Cumbrae (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		umbrae, Little, an island of Buteshire,* 1½ mile SSW of Millport, and about the same distance E of the southern extremity of Bute and W of the Ayrshire coast.
		Triangular in shape, with base to SW and apex to NNE, it has an utmost length and breadth of 1¾ mile and 7¾ furlongs, whilst its area is estimated at 700 acres.
		* Little Cumbrae is assigned in the census to West Kilbride, but to Ardrossan in the Ordnance maps and valuation rolls.
	www.geo.ed.ac.uk /scotgaz/features/featurehistory1707.html (498 words)

	Lighthouses of Scotland's West Coast
		Surprisingly little information is available on this significant waveswept tower.
		In 1793, Thomas Smith designed a lighthouse for Little Cumbrae, and Robert Stevenson supervised its construction.
		In 2003, the island was purchased by a businessman who intended to build a corporate conference center.
	www.unc.edu /~rowlett/lighthouse/sctw.htm (8577 words)

	Kilmaurs Village (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Kilmaurs was dedicated to St. Maura, a Scottish saint who is said to have died in 899.
		She lived and worked on the Isle of Little Cumbrae.
		She was thought to be the daughter of a Scottish Chieftain.
	www.jimcorbett.freeserve.co.uk /KilmaursVillage.html (206 words)

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