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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 ...
Construction started in 1857 and it was completed in 1859. The total cost was £6,500 (equivalent to £822,402 as of 2023). [3] [2] The lighthouse consists of a brick 34-metre-high (112 ft) cylindrical white washed tower, supporting the lantern and single gallery. It has 158 steps to the top of the tower.
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 lighthouse at Carraig Fhada, Islay, looking towards Caolas Eilean nan Caorach, Sgeir Fhada and Sgeir Phlocach with Port Ellen at left Looking north from Na h-Urrachann towards Rubha nam Faoilean, Scarba, with Guirasdeal, Lunga and Eilean Dubh Mòr in the Slate Islands beyond. Islay: Mull of Oa and Laggan Bay: Eileanan Mòra, Sgeirean Buidhe ...
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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 [9] and in Irish. [10] 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 ...
The Fiskavaig Rock Shelter is a late Iron Age (2AD to 560AD) rock shelter on the west coast between Talisker Bay in the south and Rubha nan Clach in the north (NG30283264) at Uamh an Eich Bhric (The cave of the speckled horse) which contains substantial occupation and midden deposits.