It lost the family seat, Culzean Castle, to the National Trust in 1945, and in 2010 the current marquess decided to part with Ailsa Craig ... feet into the sky off Scotland's west coast in ...

Ailsa Craig is a familiar sight to anyone ... who is from Dumfries and Galloway and regularly cycles and camps wild on her own across some of Scotland's most beautiful locations, revealed that ...

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 ...

An uninhabited island off the coast of Scotland is the source of all the granite that has been used to craft Olympic curling stones for nearly a century. Volcanic rock from Ailsa Craig ...

Ailsa Craig also boasts Scotland's third largest gannet colony and has also seen visits from a host of wildlife including puffins, guillemots, kittiwakes, razorbills, herring gulls and black-backed ...

Depending on who you ask, Ailsa Craig is a scone or a Tunnock's teacake; a clootie dumpling or a tea cosy; a muffin or a bunnet. It’s a stepping stone for giants crossing from Scotland to Ireland.

He told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme: "The history books tell us that curling stones have been made from Ailsa Craig material for probably at least 200 years now. "There are two ...

Boobies and buzzers were to the forefront during a trip to Lake Menteith in Scotland, as I strove to ... brought some stunning scenery. Ailsa Craig, a volcanic island some 10 miles offshore ...

If you go: What: Just Breathe, an exhibition of new works by Ailsa Craig artist Rebecca Pettit ... the landscapes of British Columbia, to Scotland, to Ontario, this exhibition of work teeters ...

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 ...