Mull of Kintyre Lighthouse
| Mull of Kintyre Lighthouse | |
 Mull of Kintyre Lighthouse | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NR58750841 |
| Location: | 55°18’38"N, 5°48’12"W |
| Characteristics | |
| Height: | 40 feet |
| Tower shape: | cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern |
| Tower marking: | white tower, ochre balcony, black lantern |
| Light: | Fl (2) W 20s. |
| Focal height: | 300 feet |
| Range: | 24 nautical miles |
| Admiralty No.: | A4272 |
| History | |
| Built 1820 | |
| Information | |
The Mull of Kintyre Lighthouse stands on Mull of Kintyre, the tip of the long Kintyre Peninsula in Argyllshire. It was built in 1820, replacing an earlier light.
The original lighthouse on the Mull of Kintyre was designed and built by Thomas Smith and completed in 1788.[1] It was the second lighthouse commissioned in Scotland by the Commissioners of the Northern Lights. It Smith had previously designed the light at Kinnaird Head, but Mull of Kintyre was a far more substantial project, in a far more remote location.
The lighthouse was rebuilt in the 1820s. The light was fixed until 1906, when it was converted to flash, and its power increased from 8,000 to 281,000 candelas.[1] It was converted to electrical power in 1976, automated in 1996 and is now monitored from Edinburgh.
The former keeper's cottages are now run as holiday cottages by the National Trust for Scotland.[2]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Mull of Kintyre Lighthouse) |
- Mull of Kintyre Lighthouse: Northern Lighthouse Board
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Mull of Kintyre". Northern Lighthouse Board. http://www.nlb.org.uk/LighthouseLibrary/Lighthouse/Mull-of-Kintyre/.
- ↑ "Lighthouse Accommodation". National Trust for Scotland. http://www.nts.org.uk/Holidays/Specialist-properties/Lighthouses/.
- Rowlett, Russ: of Kintyre.htm Lighthouses of Index – The Lighthouse Directory (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
