Ballantrae & Ailsa Craig, S Ayrshire - Hail Caledonia postcard 1970s

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• Picture / Image:  Ballantrae and Ailsa Craig, South Ayrshire, Scotland
• Publisher:  Hail Caledonia series (Whiteholme)
• Postally used:  no
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Ballantrae is a community in Carrick, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The name probably comes from the Scottish Gaelic Baile na Trà gha, meaning the ""town by the beach"".

It is the setting of the novel The Master of Ballantrae by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Geologically, Ballantrae has lent its name to a subdivision of the Arenig group, which is the name applied to the lowest stage of the Ordovician System.

In June 1673 while holding a conventicle at Knockdow near Ballantrae, Alexander Peden, was captured by Major William Cockburn, and condemned by the Privy Council to four years and three months imprisonment on the Bass Rock and a further fifteen months in the Edinburgh Tolbooth.

A stained glass window in the chancel of the church commemorates Elsie Mackay who perished in an attempt to become the first female transatlantic aviator. Her father, James Mackay, 1st Earl of Inchcape of Strathnaver, was the owner of the Glenapp estate^[1] and flowering shrubs spell out her name on the opposite side of the glen.^[2]

The beach is of the shingle and sand variety with views of Ailsa Craig, Arran and Kintyre. Piles of wood can be seen on the beach as well as an old fishing boat.

Ballantrae has a Primary School which is called Ballantrae Primary School.

Ailsa Craig (English pronunciation: /'e?ls?/; Scottish Gaelic: Creag Ealasaid) is an island of 219.69 acres in the outer Firth of Clyde, Scotland where blue hone granite was quarried to make curling stones. The now uninhabited island is formed from the volcanic plug of an extinct volcano.

The island was a haven for Catholics during the Scottish Reformation in the 16th century, but is today a bird sanctuary, providing a home for huge numbers of gannets and an increasing number of puffins.

The island is currently owned by The 8th Marquess of Ailsa but since May 2011, has been up for sale: as of March 2013, the asking price is for offers over £1,500,000.^[5][6]

type=printed postcards

theme=topographical: british

sub-theme=scotland

county/ country=ayrshire

number of items=single

period=1945 - present

postage condition=unposted