Pladda (Scottish Gaelic: Pladaigh) is an uninhabited island 1 km off the south coast of the Isle of Arran in the Firth of Clyde at grid reference NS027191, 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.[1] As of 2022, the island is again for sale.[2]

Pladda

Scottish Gaelic name	Pladaigh
Pladda seen from the Isle of Arran, with Ailsa Craig in the background
Location
Pladda Pladda shown within North Ayrshire
Coordinates	55°25′33″N 5°7′10″W
Physical geography
Area	13.4 ha (33+1⁄8 acres)
Administration
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	Scotland
Council area	North Ayrshire
Demographics
Population	0

Geography

Pladda is a small, flat, teardrop-shaped island, 700 metres (2,300 feet) long and rising to just 27 metres (89 ft) 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 Lorn between Lismore and Ardmucknish Bay.

Lighthouse

Pladda Lighthouse and its ancillary buildings stand at the southern end of Pladda.

Church

There appears to have been a church or chapel on Pladda. John of Fordun and other chroniclers from 1400 to 1500 speak of the isle of St Blase of Pladda. Nothing now remains to mark its site, and its whereabouts are unknown.[3]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pladda.

• Northern Lighthouse Board site on the history of Pladda Lighthouse

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