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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 ...
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[Note 2] The local government council areas with the most inhabited islands are Argyll and Bute with 23, Orkney with 20, Shetland with 16 and Highland and Comhairle nan Eilean Siar with 14 each. There are also three in North Ayrshire and one each in Fife, Perth and Kinross, Stirling and West Dunbartonshire. The last three named plus two islands ...
A part-time light keeper is retained by the Northern Lighthouse Board who is based at Ardnamurchan and who also looks after Rubha nan Gall and Corran Point lighthouses. Less maintenance is required with the introduction of LED lights. At Ardnamurchan the power is only 48 watts although in 2019 it was increased to 72 watts. [4]
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The mouth of Loch Bracadale (where it opens to the Atlantic) is some 3 + 3 ⁄ 4 miles (6 kilometres) wide, from Idrigill Point on the Duirinish Peninsula to Rubha nan Clach on the Minginish Peninsula. One-half mile (800 metres) west of Idrigill Point are the three sea stacks known as Macleod's Maidens.
It is the largest seabird in the northern Atlantic. The sexes are similar in appearance. The adult northern gannet has a mainly white streamlined body with a long neck, and long and slender wings. It is 87–100 cm (34 + 1 ⁄ 2 – 39 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) long with a 170–180 cm (67–71 in) wingspan. The head and nape have a buff tinge that is more ...