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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 ...
Weavers Point (Scottish Gaelic: Rubha an Fhigheadair) is a headland to the north of the entrance to Loch Maddy, on the north eastern coastline of North Uist in the Western Isles of Scotland. [1] There has been a lighthouse on the headland since 1980.
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 ...
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 .
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 ...
An t-Iasgair (Scottish Gaelic for the Fisherman) is a skerry in the Little Minch, to the north of the Trotternish peninsula of Skye.It lies 1.5 miles north north west of Ru Bornesketaig and is marked by a navigation light. [1]
An active lighthouse situated at the tip of the point was designed by Alan Stevenson and was first lit in 1846. [4] The lighthouse has been fully automated since 1984 and is operated by 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 [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 ...