Editing Little Cumbrae (section)

==History==
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[[File:Little Cumbrae.JPG|thumb|left|Little Cumbrae seen from Haylie Brae on the mainland. Note [[Great Cumbrae]] in the foreground at the right and [[Isle of Arran|Arran]] beyond.]]
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| location = [[Firth of Clyde]]
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The Cumbraes were one of the remote locations that early Irish monks settled. There are six or more known caves on the island. A submarine passage was said to run from Monks' Cave (now known as Kings Cave) at Storrils cliff to Kingarth on the [[Isle of Bute]].<ref>Downie, R. Angus (1934). ''Bute and the Cumbraes''. Glasgow & London : Blackie & son Ltd. Page 53</ref>

[[Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland|Walter Stewart]] is said to have built a castle or hunting lodge on Little Cumbrae.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst1707.html| publisher=Gazetteer for Scotland| title=Overview of Little Cumbrae| access-date=11 November 2007| archive-date=16 March 2011| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110316211803/http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst1707.html| url-status=live}}</ref>  His son, [[Robert II of Scotland|Robert II]] spent time there hunting the deer, however the site of the "Auld Castle" is unknown. It was occupied during hunting expeditions by Robert II in 1375 and 1384,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lytteil |first1=W |title=Guide book to the Cumbraes |date=1986 |pages=132}}</ref> and was demolished by [[Oliver Cromwell|Cromwell]]'s soldiers in 1653.<ref name="EB1911">{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Cumbraes, The|volume=7|page=628}}</ref>

[[Little Cumbrae Castle]], a small square keep, was built in the 16th century on [[Castle Island, Scotland|Castle Island]] off Little Cumbrae. It was similarly occupied.

In the early 20th century, under the ownership of Evelyn Stuart Parker, a new 'mansion house' was created from the original single storey farmhouse, the gardens were laid out to a plan by Gertrude Jekyll, the renowned garden designer, and substantial repairs were undertaken to the castle and the original lighthouse. The original work commenced in 1913, with subsequent alterations made between 1926 and 1929 when the square tower and top floor were added.

Little Cumbrae is the birthplace of [[James Archbald]], the first mayor of [[Carbondale, PA|Carbondale]], Pennsylvania.