Davarr or Devar, a small island in the mouth of Campbeltown Loch, Campbeltown parish, Argyllshire. Rising 300 feet above sea-level, it has an utmost length and breadth of 5 and 4½ furlongs, and serves as a natural breakwater to Campbeltown harbour, protecting it from wind and wave. To the S side of the loch's mouth it is joined by a sand-bar ½ mile long, bare at low water; and its north-eastern point is crowned with a lighthouse, that shows a bright white light every half minute, visible at the distance of 17 nautical miles.
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