Sound of Islay with wreck and lighthouse

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Picture of a view down the Sound of Islay, a wreck visible in the foreground, a lighthouse in the distanceA view south down the Sound of Islay from north of Bunnahabhain. In the foreground the wreck of the Wyre Majestic at Bunnahabhain. In the distance McArthur’s Head lighthouse. Kintyre on the horizon.

 

Wreck of the Wyre Majestic in 2000, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a the wreck of the trawler Wyre Majestic in the Sound of IslayProbably the most photographed and best known wreck on Islay, the wreck of the Wyre Majestic near Bunnahabhain at the Sound of Islay. This is how the wreck looked in 2000, since then it has deteriorated a lot.