Ten miles off the west coast of Scotland, the Firth of Clyde flows around a small island shaped like a sugar loaf called Ailsa Craig. In breadth, it’s shy of a mile but rises steeply to more than ...

But then again, Ailsa Craig — from the Gaelic for ‘fairy rock’ — is no ordinary island. What you get for your millions is an iconic chunk of Scotland ... prey to the wild Atlantic winds ...

Laurentian University PhD candidate and competitive curler Derek Leung poses at Ailsa Craig, a rocky isle off the western coast of Scotland. It is one of two places that sources the granite used ...

For more than 170 years, a small Ayrshire business has been crafting curling stones by hand using rock found on an island off Scotland ... from the island of Ailsa Craig roughly once every ...