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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 ...
Rubha nan Gall Lighthouse Argyll and Bute [136] 56°38′19″N 6°3′58″W [136] Isle of Mull: 1857: Thomas Stevenson, David Stevenson: Northern Lighthouse Board: 19: 17 [4] 15 [4] Ruvaal Lighthouse Argyll and Bute [137], Killarow and Kilmeny [138] [139] 55°56′11″N 6°7′25″W [138] [139] Islay: 1859 [140] David Stevenson, Thomas ...
Tobermory Lighthouse, Rubha nan Gall 56°38′19″N 6°03′58″W / 56.638676°N 6.066203°W / 56.638676; -6.066203 ( Tobermory Lighthouse, Rubha Category C(S)
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]
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 original lighthouse now forms part of the Museum of Scottish Lighthouses. The museum collection includes technical equipment relating to lighthouse illumination, navigation, and way making. As well as personal effects and small items that belonged to individual lightkeepers, including uniforms and hand-made model ships. [ 3 ]
Access to the lighthouse has always been difficult due to its remote location, bringing in supplies and relief keepers was eased by the use of helicopters in the 1980s. Helicopters were also used to help in construction of an overhead electricity line to the site in 1981. One helicopter crashed during the project, and the pilot survived the ...
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