Pladda
Sign in to savePladda () is an uninhabited island off the south coast of the Isle of Arran in the Firth of Clyde at , western Scotland. It is home to the automated Pladda Lighthouse. The island is privately owned, having been put up for sale by Arran Estate in 1990. The island was put on sale in 2022 for £350,000, and bought shortly after.
Key facts
- Scottish island.location_map
- Scotland North Ayrshire
- Scottish island.caption
- Pladda shown within North Ayrshire
- Scottish island.Image
- Scotland, Pladda Island and Ailsa Craig, seen from Isle of Arran.JPG
- Scottish island.ImageCaption
- Pladda seen from the Isle of Arran, with Ailsa Craig in the background
- Scottish island.celtic name
- Pladaigh
- Scottish island.Population
- 0
- Scottish island.local authority
- North Ayrshire
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- North Ayrshire
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Body of water
- Firth of Clyde
- Image
- Scotland, Pladda Island and Ailsa Craig, seen from Isle of Arran.JPG
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- Pladda, North Ayrshire
- located in/on physical feature
- British Isles
- historic county
- Buteshire
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Pladda () is an uninhabited island off the south coast of the Isle of Arran in the Firth of Clyde at , western Scotland. It is home to the automated Pladda Lighthouse. The island is privately owned, having been put up for sale by Arran Estate in 1990. The island was put on sale in 2022 for £350,000, and bought shortly after.
== Geography == Pladda is a small, flat, teardrop-shaped island, long and rising to just above sea level. Unusually for such a small island, it has its own source of fresh water. Pladda shares its name with Pladda Island, a tiny islet situated in the Lynn of Lorne between Lismore and Ardmucknish Bay.
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