McArthur's Head

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McArthur's Head

McArthur's Head is a cape on the east coast of the Hebridean island of Islay . It is about ten kilometers south of the Port Askaig ferry terminal and 14 km east of the island's capital Bowmore at the southern entrance to Islay Sound . The 332 m high Beinn na Caillich is 1.5 kilometers to the west .

lighthouse

The siblings Thomas and David Stevenson built a lighthouse at McArthur's Head in 1861. The headlight is visible from about 31 km. In 1969 the lighthouse was automated. Together with the lighthouse at Ruvaal, it marks the north and south entrance of the sea strait.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ McArthur's Head (Mc Arthur's Head). In: David Munro, Bruce Gittings: Scotland. An Encyclopedia of Places & Landscapes. Collins et al., Glasgow 2006, ISBN 0-00-472466-6 .
  2. ↑ Beinn na Caillich. In: David Munro, Bruce Gittings: Scotland. An Encyclopedia of Places & Landscapes. Collins et al., Glasgow 2006, ISBN 0-00-472466-6 .
  3. ↑ a b Entry on McArthur's Head Lighthouse  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  4. ↑ MacArthur's Head. In: Francis H. Groome: Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical. Volume 5: (Lib - Pet). Thomas C. Jack, Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh et al. 1884, p . 1 .

Coordinates: 55 ° 45 ′ 48 ″  N , 6 ° 2 ′ 51 ″  W.