List of lighthouses in Scotland

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This list includes the active lighthouses and beacons in Scotland . They are administered and supervised by the Northern Lighthouse Board , which is also responsible for the Isle of Man lighthouses .

Surname Location Administrative region image
Ailsa Craig Lighthouse Ailsa Craig
( 55 ° 15 ′ 6.8 ″  N , 5 ° 6 ′ 30.3 ″  W )
South Ayrshire Ailsa Craig Lighthouse
At t-Iasgair Lighthouse At t-Iasgair
( 57 ° 41 ′ 6.5 ″  N , 6 ° 25 ′ 56.8 ″  W )
Highland
Ardencaple Castle Light Helensburgh
( 56 ° 0 ′ 32.7 ″  N , 4 ° 45 ′ 25 ″  W )
Argyll and Bute Ardencaple Castle
Ardmore Lighthouse near Tobermory
( 56 ° 39 ′ 21.6 ″  N , 6 ° 7 ′ 42.9 ″  W )
Argyll and Bute Ardmore Lighthouse
Ardnamurchan Lighthouse Ardnamurchan Point
( 56 ° 43 ′ 37.5 ″  N , 6 ° 13 ′ 33.5 ″  W )
Highland Ardnamurchan Lighthouse
Ardtornish Lighthouse Sound of Mull
( 56 ° 31 ′ 5.2 ″  N , 5 ° 45 ′ 12.7 ″  W )
Highland Ardtornish Lighthouse
Ardtreck Lighthouse Ardtreck Point
( 57 ° 20 ′ 22.1 ″  N , 6 ° 25 ′ 52.5 ″  W )
Highland Ardtreck Lighthouse
Auskerry Lighthouse Auskerry
( 59 ° 1 ′ 33.7 ″  N , 2 ° 34 ′ 20.2 ″  W )
Orkney Auskerry Lighthouse
Bagi Stack Lighthouse Yell
( 60 ° 43 ′ 29 ″  N , 1 ° 7 ′ 35 ″  W )
Shetland Bagi Stack Lighthouse
Barns Ness Lighthouse near Dunbar
( 55 ° 59 ′ 14.1 ″  N , 2 ° 26 ′ 42.8 ″  W )
East Lothian Barns Ness Lighthouse
Barra Head Lighthouse Barra Head
( 56 ° 47 ′ 7.7 ″  N , 7 ° 39 ′ 12.5 ″  W )
Outer Hebrides Barra Head Lighthouse
Barrel of Butter Lighthouse Barrel of Butter
( 58 ° 53 ′ 25.5 ″  N , 3 ° 7 ′ 35.1 ″  W )
Orkney Barrel of Butter Lighthouse
Bass rock lighthouse Bass Rock
( 56 ° 4 ′ 36.6 ″  N , 2 ° 38 ′ 28.6 ″  W )
East Lothian Bass rock lighthouse
Rock Lighthouse projector near North Queensferry
( 56 ° 0 ′ 16.8 ″  N , 3 ° 24 ′ 44.4 ″  W )
Fife Rock Lighthouse projector
Bell Rock Lighthouse Inchcape
( 56 ° 26 ′ 3.1 ″  N , 2 ° 23 ′ 14.3 ″  W )
Angus Bell Rock Lighthouse
Bressay Lighthouse Kirkabister
( 60 ° 7 ′ 11.8 ″  N , 1 ° 7 ′ 16.9 ″  W )
Shetland Bressay Lighthouse
Brough of Birsay Lighthouse Brough of Birsay
( 59 ° 8 ′ 12.8 ″  N , 3 ° 20 ′ 20.7 ″  W )
Orkney Brough of Birsay Lighthouse
Buchan Ness Lighthouse Boddam
( 57 ° 28 ′ 13.7 ″  N , 1 ° 46 ′ 27.8 ″  W )
Angus Buchan Ness Lighthouse
Bullia Skerry Lighthouse Bullia Skerry
( 60 ° 6 ′ 39.2 ″  N , 1 ° 21 ′ 34.2 ″  W )
Shetland
Butt of Lewis Lighthouse Butt of Lewis
( 58 ° 30 ′ 56.2 ″  N , 6 ° 15 ′ 40.2 ″  W )
Outer Hebrides Butt of Lewis Lighthouse
Cantick Head Lighthouse near Longhope
( 58 ° 47 ′ 13.4 ″  N , 3 ° 7 ′ 52.8 ″  W )
Orkney Cantick Head Lighthouse
Cape Wrath Lighthouse Cape Wrath
( 58 ° 37 ′ 31.6 ″  N , 4 ° 59 ′ 55.8 ″  W )
Highland Cape Wrath Lighthouse
Chanonry Lighthouse Fortrose
( 57 ° 34 ′ 26.6 ″  N , 4 ° 5 ′ 33.7 ″  W )
Highland Chanonry Lighthouse
Cloch Point Lighthouse Gourock
( 55 ° 56 ′ 32.5 ″  N , 4 ° 52 ′ 43.3 ″  W )
Inverclyde Cloch Point Lighthouse
Copinsay Lighthouse Copinsay
( 58 ° 53 ′ 46.9 ″  N , 2 ° 40 ′ 19.4 ″  W )
Orkney Copinsay Lighthouse
Corsewall Lighthouse Kirkcolm
( 55 ° 0 ′ 27 ″  N , 5 ° 9 ′ 29 ″  W )
Dumfries and Galloway Corsewall Lighthouse
Covesea Skerries Lighthouse Lossiemouth
( 57 ° 43 ′ 27 ″  N , 3 ° 20 ′ 19 ″  W )
Moray Covesea Skerries Lighthouse
Cromarty Lighthouse Cromarty
( 57 ° 40 ′ 58.9 ″  N , 4 ° 2 ′ 11.3 ″  W )
Highland Cromarty Lighthouse
Davaar Lighthouse Davaar
( 55 ° 25 ′ 41.6 ″  N , 5 ° 32 ′ 25.7 ″  W )
Argyll and Bute Davaar Lighthouse
Dubh Artach Lighthouse Dubh Artach
( 56 ° 8 ′ 0 ″  N , 6 ° 38 ′ 0 ″  W )
Argyll and Bute Dubh Artach Lighthouse
Duncansby Head Lighthouse Duncansby Head
( 58 ° 38 ′ 38.5 ″  N , 3 ° 1 ′ 30.4 ″  W )
Highland Cromarty Lighthouse
Dunnet Head Lighthouse Dunnet Head
( 58 ° 38 ′ 38.5 ″  N , 3 ° 1 ′ 30.4 ″  W )
Highland Dunnet Head Lighthouse
Dunollie Lighthouse Oban
( 56 ° 25 ′ 22.5 ″  N , 5 ° 29 ′ 2.8 ″  W )
Argyll and Bute Dunollie Lighthouse
Eilean Glass Lighthouse Scalpay
( 57 ° 51 ′ 24.8 ″  N , 6 ° 38 ′ 31.4 ″  W )
Outer Hebrides Eilean Glass Lighthouse
Elie Ness Lighthouse Elie and Earlsferry
( 56 ° 11 ′ 2.2 ″  N , 2 ° 48 ′ 46 ″  W )
Fife Elie Ness Lighthouse
Esha Ness Lighthouse Northmavine
( 60 ° 29 ′ 21.5 ″  N , 1 ° 37 ′ 38 ″  W )
Shetland Esha Ness Lighthouse
Fair Isle North Fair Isle
( 59 ° 33 ′ 7.7 ″  N , 1 ° 36 ′ 34.3 ″  W )
Shetland Fair Isle North
Fair Isle South Fair Isle
( 59 ° 30 ′ 50 ″  N , 1 ° 39 ′ 8.8 ″  W )
Shetland Fair Isle South
Fidra Lighthouse Fidra
( 56 ° 4 ′ 23.5 ″  N , 2 ° 47 ′ 6.5 ″  W )
East Lothian Fidra Lighthouse
Fife Ness Lighthouse Fife Ness
( 56 ° 16 ′ 43.9 ″  N , 2 ° 35 ′ 9.1 ″  W )
Fife Fife Ness Lighthouse
Flannan Isles Lighthouse Flannan Isles
( 58 ° 17 ′ 17.1 ″  N , 7 ° 35 ′ 16.5 ″  W )
Outer Hebrides Flannan Isles Lighthouse
Foula Lighthouse Foula
( 60 ° 6 ′ 44.5 ″  N , 2 ° 3 ′ 50.3 ″  W )
Shetland
Girdle Ness Lighthouse Aberdeen
( 57 ° 8 ′ 20.6 ″  N , 2 ° 2 ′ 54.8 ″  W )
Aberdeen Girdle Ness Lighthouse
Holburn Head Lighthouse Scrabster
( 58 ° 36 ′ 52.7 ″  N , 3 ° 32 ′ 21.7 ″  W )
Highland Holburn Head Lighthouse
Hoxa Head Lighthouse near Hoxa
( 58 ° 49 ′ 18.7 ″  N , 3 ° 2 ′ 5 ″  W )
Orkney
Hoy Sound High Lighthouse Graemsay
( 58 ° 56 ′ 8.4 ″  N , 3 ° 16 ′ 23.5 ″  W )
Orkney Hoy Sound High Lighthouse
Hoy Sound Low Lighthouse Graemsay
( 58 ° 56 ′ 25.4 ″  N , 3 ° 18 ′ 36.1 ″  W )
Orkney Hoy Sound Low Lighthouse
Hyskeir Lighthouse Hyskeir
( 56 ° 58 ′ 9.7 ″  N , 6 ° 40 ′ 49.6 ″  W )
Highland Hyskeir Lighthouse
Inchkeith Lighthouse Inchkeith
( 56 ° 1 ′ 59.6 ″  N , 3 ° 8 ′ 11.9 ″  W )
Fife Inchkeith Lighthouse
Isle of May Lighthouse Isle of May
( 56 ° 11 ′ 8.3 ″  N , 2 ° 33 ′ 26.9 ″  W )
Fife Isle of May Lighthouse
Killantringan Lighthouse Portpatrick
( 54 ° 51 ′ 42.6 ″  N , 5 ° 8 ′ 49.1 ″  W )
Dumfries and Galloway Killantringan Lighthouse
Kinnaird Head Lighthouse Fraserburgh
( 57 ° 41 ′ 52.7 ″  N , 2 ° 0 ′ 16 ″  W )
Aberdeenshire Kinnaird Head Lighthouse
Lady Isle Lighthouse Lady Isle
( 55 ° 31 ′ 38.3 ″  N , 4 ° 44 ′ 2.1 ″  W )
South Ayrshire Lady Isle Lighthouse
Lismore Lighthouse Eilean Musdile
( 56 ° 27 ′ 20 ″  N , 5 ° 36 ′ 26.7 ″  W )
Argyll and Bute Lismore Lighthouse
Loch Eriboll Lighthouse Loch Eriboll
( 58 ° 31 ′ 0.5 ″  N , 4 ° 38 ′ 54.3 ″  W )
Highland Loch Eriboll Lighthouse
Low light lighthouse Isle of May
( 56 ° 11 ′ 8.2 ″  N , 2 ° 32 ′ 59.4 ″  W )
Fife Low light lighthouse
Monach Island Lighthouse Shillay
( 57 ° 31 ′ 33.2 ″  N , 7 ° 41 ′ 42.2 ″  W )
Outer Hebrides Monach Island Lighthouse
Muckle Flugga Lighthouse Muckle Flugga
( 60 ° 51 ′ 19.5 ″  N , 0 ° 53 ′ 7.4 ″  W )
Shetland Muckle Flugga Lighthouse
Mull of Galloway Lighthouse Mull of Galloway
( 54 ° 38 ′ 6 ″  N , 4 ° 51 ′ 26.8 ″  W )
Dumfries and Galloway Mull of Galloway Lighthouse
Mull of Kintyre Lighthouse Mull of Kintyre
( 55 ° 18 ′ 37.5 ″  N , 5 ° 48 ′ 11.7 ″  W )
Argyll and Bute Mull of Kintyre Lighthouse
Neist Point Lighthouse Neist Point
( 57 ° 25 ′ 24.5 ″  N , 6 ° 47 ′ 17.7 ″  W )
Highland Neist Point Lighthouse
Newhaven Lighthouse Edinburgh
( 55 ° 58 ′ 56.3 ″  N , 3 ° 11 ′ 47.5 ″  W )
Edinburgh Newhaven Lighthouse
North Ronaldsay Lighthouse North Ronaldsay
( 59 ° 23 ′ 22.9 ″  N , 2 ° 22 ′ 52.9 ″  W )
Orkney North Ronaldsay Lighthouse
Noss Head Lighthouse Noss Head
( 58 ° 28 ′ 44.9 ″  N , 3 ° 3 ′ 2.8 ″  W )
Highland Noss Head Lighthouse
Noup Head Lighthouse Noup Head
( 59 ° 19 ′ 51.9 ″  N , 3 ° 4 ′ 13.2 ″  W )
Orkney Noup Head Lighthouse
Ornsay Lighthouse Ornsay
( 57 ° 8 ′ 36.3 ″  N , 5 ° 46 ′ 51.7 ″  W )
Highland Ornsay Lighthouse
Out Skerries Lighthouse Bound Skerry
( 60 ° 25 ′ 28 ″  N , 0 ° 43 ′ 41.1 ″  W )
Shetland Out Skerries Lighthouse
Oxcars Lighthouse Firth of Forth
( 56 ° 1 ′ 20.8 ″  N , 3 ° 16 ′ 48.8 ″  W )
Fife Oxcars Lighthouse
Pentland Skerries Lighthouse Muckle Skerry
( 58 ° 41 ′ 24.2 ″  N , 2 ° 55 ′ 28.2 ″  W )
Orkney Pentland Skerries Lighthouse
Pladda Lighthouse Pladda
( 55 ° 25 ′ 30 ″  N , 5 ° 7 ′ 5.7 ″  W )
North Ayrshire Pladda Lighthouse
Port Ellen Lighthouse The Oa
( 55 ° 37 ′ 12.9 ″  N , 6 ° 12 ′ 42.1 ″  W )
Argyll and Bute Port Ellen Lighthouse
Rattray Head Lighthouse near Crimond
( 57 ° 36 ′ 36.6 ″  N , 1 ° 48 ′ 58.9 ″  W )
Aberdeenshire Rattray Head Lighthouse
Rhinns of Islay Lighthouse Orsay
( 55 ° 40 ′ 23 ″  N , 6 ° 30 ′ 47.2 ″  W )
Argyll and Bute Rhinns of Islay Lighthouse
Rhuvaal Lighthouse Ruvaal
( 55 ° 56 ′ 10.9 ″  N , 6 ° 7 ′ 24.4 ″  W )
Argyll and Bute Rhuvaal Lighthouse
Rona Lighthouse Rona
( 57 ° 34 ′ 41.3 ″  N , 5 ° 57 ′ 32.6 ″  W )
Highland Rona Lighthouse
Rua Reidh Lighthouse near Melvaig
( 57 ° 34 ′ 41.3 ″  N , 5 ° 57 ′ 32.6 ″  W )
Highland Rua Reidh Lighthouse
Saeva Ness Lighthouse Helliar Holm
( 59 ° 1 ′ 8 ″  N , 2 ° 54 ′ 3.6 ″  W )
Orkney Saeva Ness Lighthouse
Sanda Lighthouse Sanda
( 55 ° 16 ′ 29.5 ″  N , 5 ° 34 ′ 57.8 ″  W )
Argyll and Bute Sanda Lighthouse
Scurdie Ness Lighthouse Montrose
( 56 ° 42 ′ 6.4 ″  N , 2 ° 26 ′ 14.2 ″  W )
Angus Scurdie Ness Lighthouse
Skerryvore Lighthouse Skerryvore
( 56 ° 19 ′ 4 ″  N , 7 ° 6 ′ 9 ″  W )
Argyll and Bute Skerryvore Lighthouse
Southerness Lighthouse Toward
( 54 ° 52 ′ 22.2 ″  N , 3 ° 35 ′ 42.1 ″  W )
Dumfries and Galloway Southerness Lighthouse
St Abb's Head Lighthouse St Abb's Head
( 55 ° 54 ′ 58.6 ″  N , 2 ° 8 ′ 19.7 ″  W )
Scottish Borders St Abb's Head Lighthouse
Start Point Lighthouse Sanday
( 59 ° 16 ′ 38.5 ″  N , 2 ° 22 ′ 33.3 ″  W )
Orkney Start Point Lighthouse
Stoer Head Lighthouse near Raffin
( 58 ° 14 ′ 24.1 ″  N , 5 ° 24 ′ 9.7 ″  W )
Highland Stoer Head Lighthouse
Strathy Point Lighthouse Strathy
( 58 ° 35 ′ 56.1 ″  N , 4 ° 1 ′ 6.9 ″  W )
Highland Strathy Point Lighthouse
Stroma Lighthouse Stroma
( 58 ° 41 ′ 45.1 ″  N , 3 ° 7 ′ 0 ″  W )
Highland Stroma Lighthouse
Sule Skerry Lighthouse Sule Skerry
( 59 ° 5 ′ 4.9 ″  N , 4 ° 24 ′ 26.4 ″  W )
Orkney
Sumburgh Head Lighthouse Sumburgh Head
( 59 ° 51 ′ 14.6 ″  N , 1 ° 16 ′ 28.5 ″  W )
Shetland Sumburgh Head Lighthouse
Tarbat Ness Lighthouse near Portmahomack
( 57 ° 51 ′ 54.3 ″  N , 3 ° 46 ′ 35.5 ″  W )
Highland Tarbat Ness Lighthouse
Tiumpan Head Lighthouse Tiumpan Head
( 58 ° 15 ′ 39.3 ″  N , 6 ° 8 ′ 20.1 ″  W )
Outer Hebrides Tiumpan Head Lighthouse
Tod Head Lighthouse near Kinneff
( 56 ° 53 ′ 1.7 ″  N , 2 ° 12 ′ 55 ″  W )
Aberdeenshire Tod Head Lighthouse
Tor Ness Lighthouse near Melsetter
( 58 ° 46 ′ 41.8 ″  N , 3 ° 17 ′ 47 ″  W )
Orkney Tor Ness Lighthouse
Turnberry Lighthouse Turnberry
( 55 ° 19 ′ 33.4 ″  N , 4 ° 50 ′ 39.9 ″  W )
South Ayrshire Turnberry Lighthouse
Ushenish Lighthouse South Uist
( 57 ° 17 ′ 54.3 ″  N , 7 ° 11 ′ 34.2 ″  W )
Outer Hebrides
Uyea Sound Lighthouse Uyeasound
( 60 ° 41 ′ 8.3 ″  N , 0 ° 55 ′ 27 ″  W )
Shetland Uyea Sound Lighthouse
Valia Sound Lighthouse near whiteness
( 60 ° 11 ′ 57.5 ″  N , 1 ° 33 ′ 27.7 ″  W )
Shetland
Ve Skerries Lighthouse Ve Skerries
( 60 ° 22 ′ 23.2 ″  N , 1 ° 48 ′ 44.1 ″  W )
Shetland
Waternish Point Lighthouse Waternish Point
( 57 ° 36 ′ 27.9 ″  N , 6 ° 38 ′ 2.9 ″  W )
Highland Waternish Point Lighthouse
Weavers Point Lighthouse Weavers Point
( 57 ° 36 ′ 29.5 ″  N , 7 ° 5 ′ 59.3 ″  W )
Outer Hebrides Weavers Point Lighthouse
Wether Holm Lighthouse Wether Holm
( 60 ° 22 ′ 20.6 ″  N , 1 ° 1 ′ 19.8 ″  W )
Shetland
Whitehill Lighthouse Yell
( 60 ° 34 ′ 47.8 ″  N , 1 ° 0 ′ 12.8 ″  W )
Shetland Whitehill Lighthouse

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