Ferry approaches
Brodick. Seen from Goat Fell summit.
Arran or the Isle of Arran is the largest island in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland.
With an area of 432 square kilometres (167 sq mi) it is the seventh largest Scottish island. Just over 5,000 people live there.
Arran shares with the Hebrides cultural and physical similarities. Arran is mountainous and has been described as a "geologist's paradise".p11/17
People have lived there since the early Neolithic period, from which time on there are numerous prehistoric remains.