Sannox is a village on the Isle of Arran

Isle of Arran

Arran or the Isle of Arran is the largest island in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland, and with an area of is the seventh largest Scottish island. It is in the unitary council area of North Ayrshire and the 2001 census had a resident population of 5,058...

, Scotland

Scotland

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. The name comes from the name the Viking

Viking

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s gave to the area, Sandvik, meaning the Sandy Bay.

Sannox sits with a stunning backdrop of scenery to it in the shape of Glen Sannox. Within the Glen it is possible to find an Iron Age fort and the remains of a village, abandoned in 1829 as part of the process of the Highland clearances

Highland Clearances

The Highland Clearances were forced displacements of the population of the Scottish Highlands during the 18th and 19th centuries. They led to mass emigration to the sea coast, the Scottish Lowlands, and the North American colonies...

. Most of the inhabitants of this village emigrated to Canada

Canada

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 where they built a replica of the church that was constructed in Sannox in 1822.

Mining was a source of employment in the area, when in 1840 a mine was opened in the area. However operations only lasted around two decades. Operations ended when in 1862 the 11th Duke of Hamilton

William Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton

William Alexander Archibald Douglas-Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton and 8th Duke of Brandon , styled Earl of Angus before 1819 and Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale between 1819 and 1852, was a Scottish nobleman.He was the son of Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton and Susan Euphemia...

 closed the mine, claiming that it spoiled the local area. However, the mine was reopened after the close of the First World War, and a railway and pier were built to transport the barytes that was mined there.

The source of barytes ran out in 1938 and the mine closed. The railway and pier were removed in the 1940s.

Sannox is the location of the Corrie Golf Club, a nine hole golf course, named after the locally-twinned village of Corrie

Corrie, Arran

Corrie is a village on the north east coast of the Isle of Arran in Scotland, north of Brodick. It lies due east under the island's highest mountain, Goat Fell. A path from High Corrie  mile to the south, provides access to the hillside...

. It has a few guest houses/B&Bs, as well as the Sannox Bay hotel and restaurant. It is also the location of Sannox Cricket Club.