Ailsa Craig

Ailsa Craig ( Scottish Gaelic: Creag Ealasaid, German " Elizabeth's Rock" ) is an entity belonging to Scotland island in the Firth of Clyde. It is located about 16 kilometers west of Girvan and belongs to the district of South Ayrshire. The island is of volcanic origin and rises to a height of 338 meters.

During the Scottish Reformation Ailsa Craig provided a safe place for Catholics dar. 1831, the Earl of Cassilis was the first Margrave of the island. From the mid-19th to mid-20th century, the island was mainly because of their rare granite rock called Ailsite ( a riebeckite ) known. Ailsite is still used for the preparation of curling stones. The rock was also used in the Edinburgh St Giles Cathedral.

In the 1970s, the lighthouse was converted to automatic operation. The island is now uninhabited. On her nest many birds as gannets and auks, which had once been settled to the decimation of populations of rats. Since the end of 2012, the island stands for 1,500,000 pounds sterling for sale.

The island is also known by other names:

• A ' Chreag
• Aillse Creag
• Creag Alasdair
• Ealasaid a ' Chuain
• Alasan
• Paddy's Milestone