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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 near Campbeltown at Low Tide .

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 and Sheep .

The island is also known for its seven Cave s, one of which contains a Cave Painting depicting a Crucifixion , painted in secrecy by a local man in 1887 after a dream.


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