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Horse Isle
Horse Isle (''Gaelic - Eilean nan Each'') is an uninhabited island located in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland near the seaside town of Ardrossan. It is a nature reserve, run by the RSPB. ==Geography== The small, rocky island lies at , around 1 km west of the North Ayrshire town of Ardrossan. Although no higher than , it provides some shelter to Ardrossan harbour. The Arran ferry passes close to the island. Two smaller islands, North Islet and East Islet, skirt the east coast of Horse Isle and a number of other rocks litter the sound between the island and the mainland. The 1788 survey of the Montgomery or Eglinton Estates by John Ainslie was completed in 1791 and records the name 'Robinson's Rock' off the East Islet and 'Witherow's Rock' off the West side of the main island.〔National Archives of Scotland. RHP35796/1-5〕
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