Corrie () is a village on the north east coast of the

Isle of Arran The Isle of Arran (; ) or simply Arran is an island off the west coast of Scotland. It is the largest island in the Firth of Clyde and the seventh-largest Scottish island, at . Counties of Scotland, Historically part of Buteshire, it is in the ...

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, north of

Brodick Brodick ( , ("Castle Beach") or ''Breadhaig'') is the main village on the Isle of Arran, in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland. It is halfway along the east coast of the island, in Brodick Bay below Goat Fell, the tallest mountain on Arran. The name ...

. It lies due east under the island's highest mountain,

Goat Fell Goat Fell (Scottish Gaelic: ''Gaoitbheinn'') is the highest point on the Isle of Arran. At 874 metres (2,867 ft), it is one of four Corbetts on the island. The mountain, along with nearby Brodick Castle, is now owned by the Natio ...

. A path from High Corrie to the south, provides access to the hillside. Corrie, and its northern neighbour,

Sannox Sannox () is a village on the Isle of Arran, Scotland. The village is within the parish of Kilbride. The name comes from the name the Vikings gave to the area, ''Sandvik'', meaning the Sandy Bay. History Within North Glen Sannox it is possible ...

, lie approximately halfway between

and

Lochranza Lochranza () is a village located on the Isle of Arran in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland. The population, somewhat in decline, is around 200 people. Geography Lochranza is the northernmost of Arran's villages and is located in the northwestern c ...

History

The village used to be a regular stop for steamers circumnavigating the island, passengers embarking by way of a rowing boat from the "ferry rock". The ferry rock is located midway between the village's two quays. The southernmost quay is known as the "sandstone quay". This harbour and quay used to be the location where sandstone blocks from the nearby quarry were shipped to the mainland, and huge pieces of stone can still be seen. (Sandstone from Corrie was also used in the construction of Kirn & Sandbank Parish Church in

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.) The sheep bollards on the quay walls were moved to Corrie after they were used in the 1988 Glasgow Garden Festival. The northernmost quay is "Corrie port" and was also used for shipping products to other locations on the island, the mainland and other islands. Small coastal cargo vessels of a type known as the

Clyde puffer The Clyde puffer is a type of small coal-fired and single-masted cargo ship, built mainly on the Forth and Clyde Canal, which provided a vital supply link around the west coast and Hebrides of Scotland. Built between 1856 and 1939, these stumpy ...

were a common sight in the port and the sandstone quay during their heyday. There was also a limestone "mine" in the village, which has a roof lined with fossils of '' Gigantoproductus''.

Geography

Just to the north of Corrie's close neighbour, Sannox, the main A841 road leaves the shore and climbs north west over North Glen Sannox towards Lochranza. Corrie Golf Club is located here which was founded in 1892. This 9-hole, hillside course offers magnificent views over the Firth of Clyde and the Arran mountains. The Corrie seal - geograph

Culture

High Corrie (), nestling above the village, has long been favoured by artists, including Joan Eardley and Margot Sandeman. A summer school run by Jessie M King was located in High Corrie. The poet and writer

Robert McLellan Robert McLellan OBE (1907–1985) was a Scottish Renaissance dramatist, writer and poet and a leading figure in the twentieth century movement to recover Scotland’s distinctive theatrical traditions. He found popular success with plays and ...

also spent time there. The McLellan Festival, a celebration of Robert McLellan, is a week long event of local culture, including poetry, arts, music, film and drama.

Community

Population has been falling: in January 2008, only 15 pupils attended the village's primary school, and the number was expected to further drop to 5 by 2012.

'Clyde' The Seal

'Clyde' The Corrie Seal is a wooden seal statue made by local sculptor Marvin Elliot, in 2008. The statue is a landmark that sits on a rock just off the coast of Corrie. The statue is known to confuse both the tourists and locals as to whether he is a real seal or not, seals are known to often be seen in that area, and occasionally may join Clyde on his rock. Despite being secured down with a metal pole, Clyde has been washed away on numerous occasions to places including: * Turnberry, Scottish Mainland *

Troon Troon (Scottish Gaelic: ''An Truthail'') is a town and sea port in South Ayrshire, situated on the west coast of Ayrshire in Scotland, about north of Ayr and northwest of Glasgow Prestwick Airport. Troon has a port with ferry and freight serv ...

, Scottish Mainland * Lubas Bay,

Isle Of Bute The Isle of Bute (; or '), known as Bute (), is an island in the Firth of Clyde in Scotland, United Kingdom. It is divided into highland and lowland areas by the Highland Boundary Fault. Formerly a constituent island of the larger County of ...

Footnotes

External links

Canmore - Arran, Corrie, Free Church site recordCanmore - Arran, Corrie, Church of Scotland site record
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