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*[http://www.nlb.org.uk/ourlights/history/pladda.htm Northern Lighthouse Board site on the history of Pladda Lighthouse] |
*[http://www.nlb.org.uk/ourlights/history/pladda.htm Northern Lighthouse Board site on the history of Pladda Lighthouse] |
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*[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stargazing-Memoirs-Lighthouse-Peter-Hill/dp/1841954551 Pladda features for much of Peter Hill's 'Stargazing' memoir |
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Revision as of 19:59, 11 September 2010
Pladda (Scottish Gaelic: Pladaigh) is an island off the west coast of Scotland. It is home to a lighthouse of the same name.
Geography
Pladda lies off the south coast of Arran in the Firth of Clyde at grid reference NS027191.
The island is small, flat, teardrop-shaped island, less than a kilometre along its length and rising to just 27 metres (89 ft) above sea level. Unusually for such a small island it has its own source of fresh water.
The Lighthouse
Pladda Lighthouse dates from 1790 and was designed by Thomas Smith. It was the first light on the Clyde to be commissioned by the Commissioners of the Northern Lights. The lighthouse was automated in 1990.
Pladda and its lighthouse feature extensively in Peter Hill's book Stargazing: Memoirs of a Young Lighthouse Keeper. The island is currently owned by Derek and Sally Morten from Derbyshire who purchased it in 1989.
Pladda shares its name with Pladda Island a tiny islet situated in the Lynn of Lorn between Lismore and Ardmucknish Bay.
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