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List Of Northern Lighthouse Board Lighthouses
This is a list of the currently operational lighthouses of the Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB). The list is divided by geographical location, and then by whether the lighthouses are classed by the NLB as a 'major lighthouse' or a 'minor light'. Former NLB lighthouses now disposed of are not included in the list. Scotland (except principal island groups) Major lighthouses Minor lights * Ardtornish * Bass Rock * Cailleach Head * Cairnbulg Briggs * Corran Narrows North East * Corran Point * Craigton Point * Dunollie * Elie Ness * Hestan Island * Holy Island (Inner) * Lady Isle * Little Ross * Little Ross Beacon * Loch Eriboll * Loch Ryan * Longman Point * Oban NLB Pier * Sandaig * Sgeir Bhuidhe * Sula Sgeir * Turnberry The Hebrides Major lighthouses * Barra Head * Butt of Lewis * Dubh Artach * Eilean Glas * Flannan Islands * * Hyskeir * Lismore * Monach * Neist Point * * Rinns of Islay * * Ruvaal * Scarinish * Skerryvore * Tiumpan Head * Ushenish Minor ligh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lighthouse
A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid, for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways. Lighthouses mark dangerous coastlines, hazardous shoals, reefs, rocks, and safe entries to harbors; they also assist in aerial navigation. Once widely used, the number of operational lighthouses has declined due to the expense of maintenance and has become uneconomical since the advent of much cheaper, more sophisticated and effective electronic navigational systems. History Ancient lighthouses Before the development of clearly defined ports, mariners were guided by fires built on hilltops. Since elevating the fire would improve the visibility, placing the fire on a platform became a practice that led to the development of the lighthouse. In antiquity, the lighthouse functioned more as an entrance marker to ports than as a warning signal for reefs a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sula Sgeir
Sula Sgeir is a small, uninhabited Scottish island in the North Atlantic, west of Rona. One of the most remote islands of the British Isles, it lies approximately north of Lewis and is best known for its population of gannets. It has a narrow elongated shape running north-northeast to south-southwest, and is approximately 900 m long by typically 100 m wide (apart from a central headland projecting a further 100 m on the easterly side). A ruined stone bothy called Taigh Beannaichte (Blessed House) can be found on the east headland Sgeir an Teampaill. A small automated lighthouse on the south end at Sròn na Lice is regularly damaged by the huge waves which break over the island during rough North Atlantic storms. Despite this, the island has diverse flora. Etymology The modern name is from the Old Norse ''súla'', "gannet" and ''sker'', "skerry". In the 16th century Dean Munro referred to the island as "Suilskeray".Monro (1549) "Suilskeray" no. 162 Macculloc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruvaal Lighthouse
The Ruvaal, Rhuvaal, or Rubh'a' Mhàil Lighthouse is a listed 19th century lighthouse, located at the north-eastern end of the island of Islay, in the Inner Hebrides off the west coast of Scotland. The active lighthouse marks the northern approaches to the Sound of Islay a narrow channel separating Islay from the adjacent island of Jura, and is one of the seven lighthouses operated by the Northern Lighthouse Board, which act as maritime aids to navigation on and around Islay. History The need for lights near the sound had been identified as early as 1835 by Robert Stevenson, with the Board of Trade requesting that the light should cover the Neva Rocks to the west. This requirement meant that a substantial tower was required. It was designed by the brothers David Stevenson and Thomas the sons of Robert, from the notable Stevenson lighthouse engineering family. Construction started in 1857 and it was completed in 1859. The total cost was £6,500 (equivalent to £ as of ). T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rinns Of Islay
The Rinns of Islay (Scottish Gaelic: Na Roinn Ìleach; alternative English spelling Rhinns of Islay) is an area on the west of the island of Islay in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. It is a peninsula that is attached to the main body of the island by a narrow isthmus towards its northern end. The main population centres are Port Charlotte and Portnahaven, based on the A847 that runs along its eastern coast. It is designated a Special Protection Area due to its importance for a number of breeding and wintering birds, particularly Greenland white-fronted goose and chough. The significance of the area owes much to its wide variety of habitats including bog, moorland, dune grassland, maritime grassland, marsh and extensively-farmed agricultural land. The Rinns of Islay lighthouse is located on the island of Orsay. The Rhinns complex, a deformed igneous complex that is considered to form the basement to the Colonsay Group of metasedimentary rocks takes its name from the Rhinn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neist Point Lighthouse
Neist Point Lighthouse is a lighthouse located on Neist Point on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. It was designed by David Alan Stevenson and was first lit on 1 November 1909. An aerial cableway is used to take supplies to the lighthouse and cottages. Since 1990, the lighthouse has been operated remotely from the Northern Lighthouse Board headquarters in Edinburgh. The former keepers' cottages are now in private ownership. In 1971 the lighthouse was listed as a Category B listed building. See also * List of lighthouses in Scotland * List of Northern Lighthouse Board lighthouses This is a list of the currently operational lighthouses of the Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB). The list is divided by geographical location, and then by whether the lighthouses are classed by the NLB as a 'major lighthouse' or a 'minor light'. F ... References External links Northern Lighthouse Board Lighthouses completed in 1909 Lighthouses in the Isle of Skye Category B listed buildings in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monach Islands
The Monach Islands, also known as Heisker ( gd, Eilean Heisgeir / , ), are an island group west of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The islands are not to be confused with Hyskeir in the Inner Hebrides, or Haskeir which is also off North Uist and visible from the group. Geology and geography The main islands of (once home to a nunnery), and Shivinish () are all linked at low tide. It has been claimed that it was at one time possible to walk all the way to Baleshare, and on to North Uist, five miles away at low tide. In the 17th century, a large tidal wave is said to have washed this route away. The islands of the group tend to be low-lying and sandy, subject to intense coastal erosion. Not unlike the Isles of Scilly it is possible that , Shivinish and formed a single body of land within historic times, and that their land area has greatly decreased due to overgrazing, sea inundation, and wind erosion. Smaller islands in the group include Deasker (), Shillay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lismore Lighthouse
Lismore may refer to: Places * Lismore, New South Wales, Australia * Lismore, Victoria, Australia * Lismore, Nova Scotia, Canada * Lismore, County Waterford, Ireland * Lismore (Parliament of Ireland constituency), a former constituency in the Irish House of Commons * Lismore Castle, County Waterford, Ireland * Lismore, County Down, a townland in Dunsfort, County Down, Northern Ireland * Lismore, County Tyrone, a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland * Lismore, New Zealand, a village near Mayfield, Canterbury, New Zealand * Lismore, Scotland * Lismore, Minnesota, United States Literature * Book of Lismore, a 15th-century Irish-Gaelic manuscript * Book of the Dean of Lismore, a 16th-century Scottish-Gaelic manuscript Sports * Lismore GAA, a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Lismore, Ireland * Lismore RFC, a rugby club based in Edinburgh Other uses * Lismore (band), American electronic band from New Jersey * , a WWII-era Australian Navy corvette * Lismore, a Speys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hyskeir Lighthouse
Hyskeir Lighthouse was established in 1904. The metre high lighthouse marks the southern end of the Minch, warning of the presence of the Mills Rocks, Canna, and Hyskeir itself. It was designed by David and Charles Stevenson and constructed by Oban contractor Messrs D & J MacDougall. The white tower was manned until March 1997, becoming one of the last lighthouses in Scotland to be automated. The keepers were briefly known for their one-hole golf course following their appearance on TV. Now controlled by the Northern Lighthouse Board in Edinburgh, it displays three white flashes every thirty seconds. Hyskeir and its lighthouse feature extensively in Peter Hill's book ''Stargazing: Memoirs of a Young Lighthouse Keeper.'' See also * List of lighthouses in Scotland * List of Northern Lighthouse Board lighthouses This is a list of the currently operational lighthouses of the Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB). The list is divided by geographical location, and then by whether th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flannan Isles Lighthouse
Flannan Isles Lighthouse is a lighthouse near the highest point on Eilean Mòr, one of the Flannan Isles in the Outer Hebrides off the west coast of Scotland. It is best known for the mysterious disappearance of its keepers in 1900. History The lighthouse was designed by David Alan Stevenson for the Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB). Construction, between 1895 and 1899, was undertaken by George Lawson of Rutherglen at a cost of £1,899 inclusive of the building, landing places, stairs, and railway tracks. All of the materials used had to be hauled up the cliffs directly from supply boats. A further £3,526 was spent on the shore station at Breasclete on the Isle of Lewis."Flannan Isles Lighthouse " Northern Lighthouse Board. Retrieved 23 March 2008. The lighthouse was first lit on 7 December 1899. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eilean Glas Lighthouse
Eilean Glas Lighthouse is situated on the east coast of the island of Scalpay in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It was one of the original four lights commissioned by the Commissioners of the Northern Lights, and the first in the Hebrides (the others were Kinnaird Head, Mull of Kintyre and North Ronaldsay). These lighthouses were built by Thomas Smith. Eilean Glas light was first displayed in 1789. The original tower was replaced in 1824 by Smith's stepson Robert Stevenson. In 1852 the light was changed to a revolving system lens. The lighthouse was an early candidate for automation and this was carried out in 1978. Several of the original buildings have been sold off. The fog signal was discontinued in the 1980s although the horn remains in place as a decoration. The tower is painted with two distinctive broad red bands. Light is now from catoptric sealed beam lamps, (similar to car head lights) mounted on a gearless pedestal. In 2004, the owners of the lighthouse buildi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dubh Artach Lighthouse
Dubh Artach (; ) is a remote skerry of basalt rock off the west coast of Scotland lying west of Colonsay and south-west of the Ross of Mull. A lighthouse designed by Thomas Stevenson with a tower height of was erected between 1867 and 1872 with a shore station constructed on the isle of Erraid. The rock is subject to extraordinary sea conditions with waves of or more being encountered by the keepers. Despite these adverse conditions several men served the light for lengthy periods until it was automated in 1971. ''Dubh Artach'' is the official name of the lighthouse, although the skerry itself is also known as Dhu Heartach. Various interpretations have been provided for the original meaning of the Gaelic name, of which "The Black Rock" is the most likely. Geology In pre-historic times Dhu Heartach was covered by the ice sheets that spread from Scotland out into the Atlantic Ocean beyond the Outer Hebrides. After the last retreat of the ice around 20,000 years ago, sea le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butt Of Lewis Lighthouse
Butt of Lewis Lighthouse, designed by David Stevenson, was built at Butt of Lewis to aid shipping in the 1860s. Unusual for a lighthouse in Scotland, it is constructed of red brick, and is unpainted. The station was automated in 1998, one of the last to be converted. A modern differential GPS base station has now been sited on a nearby hill to further aid navigation. This hill was also the site for a Lloyd's Signal Station from the 1890s. The road to the lighthouse passes a sheltered cove called Port Stoth. Agricultural lazy beds are also visible along the coast. The Butt of Lewis features some of the oldest rocks in Europe, having been formed in the Precambrian period up to 3000 million years ago. Following the coast southwest from the lighthouse there is a natural arch called the "Eye of the Butt" ( gd, Toll a’ Ròigh). It can be best viewed from the Habost machair. See also * List of lighthouses in Scotland * List of Northern Lighthouse Board lighthouses This is a lis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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