Cumbrae Ferry

Whilst at the Largs Pencil, I took this photograph of the Calmac Largs to Cumbrae Ferry at the Cumbrae Slipway.

Largs Pencil

Today's pictures are of the Largs Pencil, a monument celebrating the victory of the Scots over the Norwegians in the Battle of Largs in 1263. In fact modern historians think this was much more of a skirmish than a battle and the result would be more correctly identified as a draw.

The monument is actually a round tower with a conical top, but everyone thought, and thinks, it looks like a pencil; so the name has stuck.

The first view is from the South looking North.



The second view is from the North looking South. The large pier in the background is Clydeport, Hunterston, mainly used for coal imports. If you enlarge the photograph, you will also see on the shore beyond the pier, the buildings of Hunterston Nuclear Power Stations.

Largs - St Columba's Parish Church

St Columba's Parish Church in Largs, built of Ballochmyle sandstone with a 150 feet high clock tower, is a prominent local landmark.