Lagg ( gd, An Lag) is a hamlet on southern coast of the

Isle of Arran The Isle of Arran (; sco, Isle o Arran; gd, Eilean Arainn) 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 . Historically part of Butesh ...

in Scotland made up of a few houses and a hotel. The hamlet is within the parish of Kilmory.

History

The name "Lagg" means "The hollow". The family-run hotel has a restaurant and bar and is the oldest inn on Arran, dating back to 1791. The old public bar has been refurbished into a cycling-based cafe, serving cakes and light lunches. Red squirrels are abundant and can be seen roaming around the hotel's garden. There are various

cairn A cairn is a man-made pile (or stack) of stones raised for a purpose, usually as a marker or as a burial mound. The word ''cairn'' comes from the gd, càrn (plural ). Cairns have been and are used for a broad variety of purposes. In prehis ...

s near Lagg on either side of the local river, reached by a forest footpath, named 'lover's lane' near the bridge that follows the riverbank south towards the sea. The sandy beaches here are some of the best in Scotland.

People from Lagg

David Lees David Lees (1881–1934) was a Scottish expert in public health and author of the authoritative work ''Diagnosis and Treatment of Venereal Disease''. Life He was born in 1881, the son of Agnes Drennan and her husband, Robert Lees a vet from Lag ...

FRSE Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) is an award granted to individuals that the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland's national academy of science and letters, judged to be "eminently distinguished in their subject". This soci ...

(1881–1934), public health expert

References

External links

Canmore - Arran, Lagg, General site recordCanmore - Arran, Lagg Hotel site record
Villages in the Isle of Arran {{NorthAyrshire-geo-stub