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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 ...
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Tobermory, Mull – as viewed from the Sound of Mull Rubha nan Gall Lighthouse, north of Tobermory. Isabella Bird (1831–1904), the Victorian traveller and writer, frequently stayed in the town, where her sister Henrietta had a house. She often assisted the local doctor and, on at least one occasion, served as anaesthetist when he removed a ...
Rubha nan Gall lighthouse, Tobermory, Mull, built in 1857 by David and Thomas Stevenson, with a Caledonian MacBrayne ferry in the background Credit: Colin Image 28 Blackhouses were the traditional form of house across the Hebrides and the Highlands; this example is at Arnol , Lewis
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 ...
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 ...