Davaar Island is located at the mouth of
Campbeltown Loch off the east coast of
Kintyre, in
Argyll and Bute,
Scotland. It is a
tidal island, linked to the mainland by a natural shingle causeway called the Dhorlin near
Campbeltown at
low tide. The crossing can be made in around 40 minutes.Davaar was known as the island of Sanct Barre, 1449 -1508. The modern form Davaar is from older Do Bharre - thy St Barre. Dr Gillies in his "Place Names of Argyll" appears to accept the popular derivation, Double-pointed (Da-Bharr) Island.In
1854, a Lighthouse was built on the north of the island by the lighthouse engineers
David and
Thomas Stevenson. The lighthouse was automated in
1983, and today, Davaar is only inhabited by caretakers,
sheep and mink.
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