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Ailsa Craig
Ailsa Craig is an island of 219.69 acres in the outer Firth of Clyde where blue hone granite was quarried to make curling stones. The now uninhabited island is 2 miles (3 km) in circumference and rising to 1,110 feet (340 m), the island consists entirely of the volcanic plug of an extinct volcano.
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Ailsa Craig, Firth of Clyde, Firth of Clyde, Ayrshire , United Kingdom
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