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The name Lady Isle is believed to derive from the existence of a pre-Reformation chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary. In the late 18th Century, two beacons were set up as navigation aids to mark the position of a safe anchorage on the east side of the island. The lighthouse was built on the site of one of these beacons.
Lady Isle is privately owned. For many years this has been a nature reserve and permission is needed to land there. The island is protected by video surveillance. Viewed during the Ayrshire bird surveys of 1996-7.