The Scares or the Scare Rocks are rocky islets in Luce Bay off the coast of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. By far the largest is Big Scare. There is a small outlying rock to its west and three companion islets called the Little Scares are about 1 km to the north east.[2] Big Scare is 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) south west of Port William and a similar distance east of the Mull of Galloway.
The schoonerAnnie Mclester was wrecked on Big Scare at an unknown date in the 19th century.[3] On 27 January 1849 the 400 ton barqueArchibald of Memel, was wrecked on the Little Scares.[4] In September 1860 a small round-sterned four-oared boat was picked up near to Big Scare. The parent vessel had presumably been lost in the vicinity although no record of this is known.[2]
There is an MOD firing range in the area with brightly coloured floating targets deployed. The southern limit is marked by buoys 1.75 nautical miles (3.24 kilometres; 2.01 miles) SSE of The Scares.[1]
^Note: The rocks are part of RSPB Mull of Galloway reserve where they are described as “Scar Rocks, an outlying part of the reserve with a small gannet colony”
