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populated, spectacularly mountainous and forbidding, while the lush southern half
enjoys a much milder climate. The population of around 5000 - many of whom are
incomers - tend to stick to the southeastern quarter of the island, leaving the west and
the north relatively undisturbed.
There are two big crowd-pullers on Arran:
geology
and
golf
. The former has
fascinated rock-obsessed students since Sir James Hutton came here in the late
1
Claonaig
Cock of
Arran
ARRAN
Newton
Point
Lochranza
Catacol
Sannox
Caisteal
Abhail
(2735ft)
Corrie
Pirnmill
Cir Mhor
(2618ft)
Loch
Tanna
Beinn
Tarsuinn
(2706ft)
Goat Fell
(2866ft)
Beinn Nuis
(2597ft)
Brodick
Castle
Dougarie
Brodick
ater
OAD
Machrie
Machrie Stone
Circles
Lamlash
r
i
King's
Cave
Ballymichael
Mullach Mor
(1030ft)
Shiskine
Holy
Island
Blackwaterfoot
Whiting Bay
N
l
Sliddery
Lagg
Kildonan
Kilmory
0
4
Bennan
Head
miles
Pladda
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