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Rubha nan Gall lighthouse is located north of Tobermory on the Isle of Mull beside the Sound of Mull. The name means "Stranger's Point" in Scottish Gaelic. It was built in 1857 by David and Thomas Stevenson and is operated by the Northern Lighthouse Board. [2] The lighthouse was automated in 1960 and the nearby former keepers' cottages are ...
Holy Isle Outer Lighthouse North Ayrshire 55°31′2″N 5°3′39″W: Holy Island: 1905: Thomas Stevenson, David Stevenson: Northern Lighthouse Board: 23: 38 [4] 25 [4] Hoxa Head Lighthouse Orkney Islands 58°49′19″N 3°2′5″W: South Ronaldsay: 1901 [a] David A Stevenson: Northern Lighthouse Board: Hoxa Head Lighthouse Orkney Islands ...
Rubha nan Gall; Ruvaal Lighthouse; S. Sanda lighthouse; Scurdie Ness; Scurdie Ness Lighthouse; Skerryvore Lighthouse; St Abb's Head Lighthouse; Stoer Head Lighthouse;
Davaar Lighthouse Argyll and Bute: 1854 [4] Duncansby Head Lighthouse Duncansby Head: 1924: Dunnet Head Lighthouse Dunnet Head: 1831 [5] Fidra Lighthouse East Lothian [6] 1885 [7] Fife Ness Lighthouse Fife Ness: 1975 [8] Girdleness Lighthouse Aberdeen: 1833 [9] Holy Isle Inner Lighthouse North Ayrshire: 1877: Holy Isle Outer Lighthouse North ...
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 1912. [ 3 ]
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. Unusual for a lighthouse in Scotland, it is constructed of red brick, and is unpainted.
The lighthouse is now automatic, and an old outhouse has been converted into a visitor centre, run by the South Rhins Community Development Trust, a group of local people and businesses. In 2013 there was a community buyout and the Mull of Galloway Trust purchased land and buildings, with the exception of the tower, from Northern Lighthouse Board .
The translation of Dubh Artach is "The Black Rock", artach being a now obsolete Gaelic word for a rock or rocky ground both in Scottish Gaelic [10] and in Irish. [11] The variation between the anglicised forms Dubh Artach and Dhu Heartach is a simple case of false splitting where the final [h] of [t̪uh arˠʃt̪əx] in pronunciation seemingly is part of the following word, suggesting *hartach ...