Sale agreed for Little Ross Island near Kirkcudbright

A unique chance to own a remote Scottish island has been quickly snapped up. Little Ross Island was put on the market two months ago, and is now under offer.

The 29-acre island (rather more at low tide, although the additional land is owned by Her Majesty the Queen) is currently owned by St Mary’s Isle Estate and was put on the through Galbraith with offers over £325,000 in July.

Picture: Little Ross Island, Galbraith

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Little Ross has much history being home to a working lighthouse tower which was designed and built by Alan Stevenson and first lit on 1st January 1843.

Picture: Little Ross Island, Galbraith

The lighthouse, along with Buchan Ness and the Rhinns of Islay, was hailed by William Thomson (later Lord Kelvin) as being ‘undoubtedly the three best revolving lights in the world’.

This sale includes the original six-bedroom lighthouse keeper’s cottage – last updated in the mid-1980s – meaning that the property and its amenities are in need of refurbishment.

A spokesman for estate agents Galbraith confirmed there had been a dozen offers for the island, and it is thought that the sale has been agreed on a price much higher than the asking price.

David Corrie from Galbraith said: “Following an intensive marketing campaign by Galbraith, Castle Douglas yielding UK wide and international interest, a dozen offers were received at closing date with an offer agreed in excess of the asking price.”

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