Horse Island, a grassy islet in Ardrossan parish, Ayrshire, 5 furlongs NW of Ardrossan harbour. Measuring 2¾ furlongs by 1, and nowhere rising higher than 13 feet above sea-level, it affords some shelter to Ardrossan harbour, and is the site of a beacon tower.Ord. Sur., sh. 21, 1870.
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