Ailsa Craig
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Ailsa Craig is an island of 99 ha in the outer Firth of Clyde, 16 km west of mainland Scotland. The island's microgranite has long been quarried to make curling stones. The now-uninhabited island comp
Ailsa Craig from the southeast
Ailsa Craig as drawn in the 1840s
Ailsa Craig in the background with Dunure in 1840
The tramway between the North Port and the lighthouse
Curling
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Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice towards a target area that is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, ea
Ailsa Craig
…1 km2; 245 acres) in the outer Firth of Clyde, 16 km (8+1⁄2 nmi) west of mainland Scotland. The island's microgranite has long been quarried to make curling stones. The now-uninhabited island comprises an eroded magmatic pluton formed during the same period of igneous activity as magmatic rocks on the nearby…
Curling games taking place during the 2005 Tim Hortons Brier
Detail from a reproduction of Winter Landscape with a Bird Trap (Bruegel, 1565)
A curling match at Eglinton Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland in 1860. The curling house is located to the left of the picture.
Group of people curling on a lake in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, c. 1897