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National Trust for Scotland, Northern Lighthouse Board: 14 [153] 59 [4] 24 [4] Strathy Point Lighthouse Highland 58°35′55″N 4°1′7″W [51] mainland: 1958 [154] Peter H. Hyslop [155] Northern Lighthouse Board (until 2012) 14 [154] 45: 26: Stroma Lighthouse Highland 58°41′45″N 3°7′0″W [51] Island of Stroma: 1890: Charles A ...
Ardnamurchan Lighthouse is a listed 19th century lighthouse, located on Ardnamurchan Point in Lochaber part of the Highland council area of Scotland. The lighthouse with its 36-metre-tall (118 ft), pink granite tower was completed in 1849 to a design by Alan Stevenson. [1] [2] It is the only lighthouse in the UK built in the Egyptian style. [3]
The Noss Head Lighthouse is an active 19th-century lighthouse near Wick in Caithness in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is located at the end of Noss Head, a peninsula on the north-west coast of Caithness that overlooks Sinclairs Bay, three miles north-east of Wick. It is notable as being the first lighthouse that was built with a ...
The most famous valley is the Lairig Ghru pass, a gouge through the centre of the mountains—a u-shaped valley, now partly filled with extensive scree produced by intense frost action during ice-free periods. Many parts of the Cairngorms exhibit classic periglacial weathering which occurred during cold periods in ice-free areas. [38] [39]
While the Point is regarded by many people as the best place to watch the dolphins from land, licensed boat trips do run from Cromarty, Avoch and Inverness. The nearby Dolphin and Seal Centre at North Kessock also offers good dolphin watching opportunities during the summer months.
The name "Rua Reidh" is a semi-anglicisation of "Rubha Rèidh" meaning a flat headland. A lighthouse on Rubh'Re Point was first proposed by David Stevenson in 1853. . Building was started by his son, David Alan Stevenson in 1908 and the light was first lit on 15 January
The name Altnaharra is derived from the Scottish Gaelic Allt na h-Eirbhe, meaning Stream at the boundary wall. This is named after a stream that flows through the hamlet. Altnaharra is one of only two British locations where the string sedge plant can be found. The area north of the hamlet has been designated a site of special scientific ...