June 15, 2023
Arran’s distilling heritage is not well known compared to nearby Islay and Campbeltown, and visitors ca...
June 14, 2023
What is magic? One might mention witchcraft, pagan rituals or paranormal activity; another could simply...
June 13, 2023
The name Colintraive is thought to be derived from 'Caol an t-Snaimh' (‘the narrows of swimming’) becau...
June 08, 2023
"It is always fun to show visitors your own country, and this spring I had the delightful task of helpi...
June 08, 2023
In honour of 'World Oceans Day', we share a story that demonstrates both the wonder and fragility of ou...
June 06, 2023
When hovercrafts were trialled in Scotland’s west coast in the 1960s, it was thought that hoping on a h...
May 30, 2023
Highbridge was the site of the first open conflict of the 1745 Jacobite uprising when, on the 16th Augu...
May 28, 2023
“It was known into the late 19th century, at least, that certain individuals looking to settle scores u...
May 27, 2023
“In Gaelic, a bodach is an old man and beag means little, or small of stature. So, a bodach beag is a l...
May 25, 2023
“A good few years ago, a local youngster was working with his father, repairing a fence near Kiloran Ba...
May 24, 2023
“In 1953 the cargo ship MV “Clan Macquarrie” ran aground at Borve. The coastguard and teams of local vo...
May 22, 2023
“The six islands, which form the group commonly known as the Creags, rise from the limestone seabed off...
May 21, 2023
“Bha naidheachd eile aca bha ann, feadhainn à thairis, Muilich a bh' annta cuideachd, do dh'àite taobh ...
May 18, 2023
This week we are showcasing how you can use the 'tags' filter to discover stories on the COAST website ...
May 17, 2023
This week we are showcasing how you can use the 'tags' filter to discover stories on the COAST website ...