Goatfell from Brodick Bay, Arran

Category

Library Item

Item no

24434

Title

Goatfell from Brodick Bay, Arran

Description

This picture shows a boat sitting on the sandy banks and rocks of Brodick Bay. In the background is Goatfell Mountain.

Artist / maker

Valentine, James

Date

1865

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

This picture shows a boat sitting on the sandy banks at Brodick Bay in the Isle of Arran.

In the background is Goatfell (sometimes Goat Fell or the Scottish Gaelic Gaoda Bheinn), one of four mountains on Arran classed as Corbetts or hills between the height of 2,500 and 3,000 feet.

Goatfell is 2,866 ft and its name is thought to mean either 'Mountain of Wind' (from the Gaelic gaoth) or 'Goat Mountain' (from the Norse geita).

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Landscape > Land > Coastlines

Landscape > Land > Mountains

Landscape > Land > Rocks

Landscape > Water > Rivers and streams

Places > Scotland > Arran

Places > United Kingdom > Scotland

Plants > Trees > Trees

Transport > Water > Boats

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