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Davaar Island

7 April 2024 · Scotland, Scottish Island Bagging

Davaar is another of the islands that’s only approachable by land at low tide. The island is privately owned with resident populations of sheep, goats and cattle.

Whilst driving around Kintyre on Saturday, I spotted someone walking across a causeway, which, after a quick look at the map, I learned was Davaar Island - one that I hadn’t been aware of, but which does indeed feature on the Walkhighlands list of accessible islands.

On Sunday I drove down to Campbeltown and followed the coast road out to the start of the walk. The pictures don’t show it but the wind was extremely strong - something I needed to keep in mind for the return journey.

From the causeway I followed a path up to the trig point, with views across to Arran and then followed it around to the Lighthouse and on, to my surprise, to see a couple of glamping pods. It turns out that both are available for rent. The Lighthouse in particular, looks very nice!

From here, I walked back to the beach and, s the tide was still out, went in search of the crucifixion painting that I had read about.

Whilst looking for caves, I came across some of the island’s wild goats

To my surprise, whilst I found a number of caves, I did not find the cave containing the painting and, with an eye on the tide, and knowing that I would be walking into a very strong wind, I stopped looking before I found it.

I made my back around the tideline and onto the causeway for the walk back to the car, battling the wind as I went. No sooner had I got back in the car, the rain came in. All in all, an interesting afternoon and another island “bagged”.