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83: 397:, painted in 1887 by local artist Archibald MacKinnon after he had a vision in a dream suggesting him to do so. The painting caused uproar in the area as it was seen as a sign from God; it is said that when the townsfolk discovered it was MacKinnon, and not God, he was exiled from the town indefinitely. Restored several times since, including twice by the original artist, the painting was vandalised in July 2006, having a red and black depiction of Che Guevara painted over the original masterpiece. It has since been restored again. 63: 1419: 1407: 378: 668: 259: 90: 415:
There are four holiday cottages and cabins available for visitors to stay on Davaar Island. The Lookout (WWII Observation Post) and The Principal Lighthouse Keeper's Cottage have been sympathetically converted into holiday cottages and in 2021 two glamping cabins were constructed on the east side
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Local stamps were issued for Davaar in the 1964. The stamps served the many visitors to the island who wished to have their mail posted there, and carried by the boatman to the nearest GPO Post Box at Campbeltown on the mainland. The boatman service ended some time in the 2000. Postage Rates were
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as one of the Royal Observer Corps' (ROC)'s four Kintyre observation posts. While the men and women of the ROC watched for enemy activity around the loch, the anti-submarine net (positioned between Davaar and Trench Point) was maintained by the wrens, officers, and ratings stationed in the Boom
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is from older Do Bharre – thy St Barre. Dr Gillies in his "Place Names of Argyll" appears to accept the popular derivation, Double-pointed (Da-Bharr) Island.
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Defence Depot on the opposite shore. Davaar's observation post has been restored and tastefully converted into a unique place to stay.
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The Lookout, a square building standing on a small knoll close to the lighthouse, was built during
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Davaar was known as the island of Sanct Barre between the years 1449 to 1508. The modern form
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Davaar Island is owned by Kildalloig Estate, and forms part of the farming enterprise.
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Davaar Island is one of 43 tidal islands that can be walked to from the mainland of
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and one of 17 that can be walked to from the Scottish mainland.
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Entrance to the cave containing Archibald MacKinnon's painting
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was built on the island's north by the lighthouse engineers
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Tidal island off the east coast of Kintyre, Scotland
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Davaar Lighthouse
Scottish Gaelic
Davaar Island and Lighthouse
Island Davaar is located in Argyll and Bute
OS grid reference
NR760200
Coordinates
55°25′N 5°32′W / 55.42°N 5.54°W / 55.42; -5.54
Firth of Clyde
Council area
Argyll and Bute
Country
Scotland
United Kingdom
Demographics
Scottish Gaelic
Campbeltown Loch
Kintyre Peninsula
Argyll and Bute
Scotland
tidal island
shingle
causeway
Doìrlinn
Campbeltown
low tide
Davaar Lighthouse
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David
Thomas Stevenson

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