Ailsa Craig is an uninhabited isle off the coast of southwest Scotland and the source of the super-dense granite used to make ...

An uninhabited isle off the coast of Scotland is the source of the super-dense granite used to make curling stones for ...

With the curling season firmly underway, it's time for a history lesson. Did you know that a small Scottish island is famous for being the main supplier of curling stones? In fact, every curling stone ...

Ten miles off the west coast of Scotland, the Firth of Clyde flows around a small island shaped like a sugar loaf called Ailsa Craig. In breadth, it’s shy of a mile but rises steeply to more than ...

Curling stone used at the Olympics. The two different granite varieties making up the stone can be distinguished by grain size and color. Ailsa Craig is a small island in the Firth of Clyde, an inlet ...

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