Cumbræ

Cumbræ, BIG or GREAT, an island of Bute-shire, in the Firth of Clyde, 2½ miles E. of Bute at the narrowest, and 1½ mile WSW. of Largs. With the shape of a shark's tooth, it is 3¾ miles long, 2 broad, 10½ in circumference, and 5 sq. m. in area. It rises to a height of 417 feet, and consists of Old Red sandstone, with wall-like trap-dykes intersecting it. The Marquis of Bute is sole proprietor. Millport, on the south shore, 19 miles SSW. of Greenock (viz Weuyss Bay), is a crowded resort in summer. Pop. (1801) 506; (1881) 1856; (1891) 1784, of whom 1668 were in Millport.—LITTLE CUMBRAE, 1½ mile SSW. of Millport, is barely 1 sq. m. in area. It rises 409 feet, and has a lighthouse (1826). Pop. 17.