Lismore Lighthouse
| Lismore Lighthouse | ||
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| Place: | Eilean Musdile | |
| Location: | Argyll and Bute , Scotland , United Kingdom | |
| Geographical location: | 56 ° 27 '20 " N , 5 ° 36' 26.6" W | |
| Fire carrier height : | 26th | |
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| Identifier : | Fl.W.10s | |
| Scope knows: | 17 nm (31.5 km ) | |
| Construction time: | 1833 | |
| Operating time: | since 1833 | |
The Lismore Lighthouse , German Lismore lighthouse , is a lighthouse on the Scottish island of Eilean Musdile . The small, uninhabited island is located directly southwest of the eponymous island of Lismore at the splitting of the Firth of Lorne into Loch Linnhe and the Mull Sound . The closest city is nine kilometers southeast of Oban . In 1971 the lighthouse was listed in the Scottish List of Monuments in the highest category A.
history
In 1829 it was decided to build three new lighthouses. In addition to the Lismore Lighthouse, this also included the Barra Head and Dunnet Head lighthouses . The Eilean Musdile was bought for this purpose in January 1830 from its owner Charles Campbell for £ 500. The Scottish architect Robert Stevenson was commissioned with the construction and completed the building in 1833 after planning. James Smith from Inverness acted as the construction company . The cost of construction was £ 4,260.
Robert Selkirk , who had worked as a lighthouse keeper since 1808, took over the first occupation of the tower, which was put into operation in 1833. The workforce consisted of four people who took turns doing six weeks each and then got two weeks vacation. A boat supplied the guards with food. With the exception of Lismore and Fidra , in 1910 all Scottish lighthouses had been switched from catoptic to dioptric systems. In 1965, the Lismore Lighthouse was finally modernized and automated for around £ 10,000.
description
The lighthouse stands on a five-meter-high elevation, from which, with the tower height of 26 m, results in a total height of 31 m above sea level. The brickwork of the round tower is plastered. Three elongated windows are distributed over the entire height. The upper platform is surrounded by a railing made of ornate cast iron lattice. The lantern consists of a glazed, cast iron grille. There are two single-storey houses for the lighthouse keepers, now vacant, with flat roofs.
The beacon of the Lismore lighthouse is visible from a distance of 31 km as a white light that flashes every 10 seconds. It covers the sector from 237 ° to 208 °. It thus serves the shipping traffic in the Firth of Lorne and Loch Linnhe.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ a b c Entry on Lismore Lighthouse in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English).
- ↑ a b c d Information from the Northern Lighthouse Board .
- ^ List of Lights, Radio Aids and Fog Signals. Pub. 114: British Isles, English Channel and North Sea , National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency , Springfield, Virginia, 2020, p. 61 ( download , PDF; 2.0 MB; English).
Web links
- Entry on Lismore Lighthouse in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database