Rubha nan Leacan

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Rubha nan Leacan is a cape on the south coast of the Hebridean island of Islay . It is located in the southeast of the Oa Peninsula and marks the southernmost point of Islay. The headland protrudes about 150 m from the land mass. It is not connected to the island's road network, but there are unpaved roads to the now abandoned settlements of Stremnishmore and Ballychatrigan , which are the closest to the Cape. The nearest settlements still inhabited today are the Coillabus in the north and the north-western Kinnabus . Rubha nan Leacan itself shows no traces of settlement, but north of the cape near the mouth of the Bun Aibhne brook there are the remains of a fort on the rocky cliff . This takes up an area of ​​40 m × 18 m and seems to have had only one fortification wall. Naturally existing rocks were cleverly exploited when the wall was built. The enclosed area appears untouched today, but was probably partly used as arable land in the past.

Shipping accidents

Several ship accidents have occurred near Rubha nan Leacan in the past. The from Stralsund Dating saver Wittow crashed there on January 9, 1879 on his way to Liverpool in a snowstorm. The captain Fritz Garbasch, his wife and the cook drowned in the accident. Four people were saved. On October 9, 1912, the steamship Inniskea stranded east of the cape. The Mildwater , built in 1898 and registered in Belfast , was also lost there on May 10, 1931. On September 11, 1945, the Pattersonian ran aground laden with material for the Royal Air Force base in Port Ellen near Rubha nan Leacan.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Entry on Bun Aibhne  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  2. ↑ Entry on Inniskea  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  3. ↑ Entry on Pattersonian  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)

Coordinates: 55 ° 34'43.4 "  N , 6 ° 16'5.2"  W.