- Pladda
Pladda (
Scottish Gaelic : Pladaigh) is an island off the west coast ofScotland . It is home to alighthouse of the same name.Geography
Pladda lies off the south coast of Arran in the
Firth of Clyde at gbmapping|NS027191.The island is small, flat, teardrop-shaped island, less than a kilometre along its length and rising to just 27 metres (ninety feet) 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 in1990 .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.
External links
* [http://www.nlb.org.uk/ourlights/history/pladda.htm Northern Lighthouse Board site on the history of Pladda Lighthouse]
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