Ailsa Craig: The Watcher in the Water, Scottish Folklore & Dark History

Out in the dark waters of the Firth of Clyde, twelve miles from the Ayrshire coast, Ailsa Craig rises like a shadow from the sea. Known as Paddy's Milestone, and linked to older Gaelic folklore as the Fairy Woman's Rock, this lonely Scottish island carries stories of shipwrecks, smugglers, caves, lighthouse keepers, sea fog, prisoners, and ...

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