Rhinns of Islay Lighthouse
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| Place: | Orsay | |
| Location: | Argyll and Bute , Scotland , United Kingdom | |
| Geographical location: | 55 ° 40 '23 " N , 6 ° 30' 47.2" W | |
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| Construction time: | 1825 | |
| Operating time: | since 1825 | |
The Rhinns of Islay Lighthouse , also Rinns of Islay Lighthouse or German Rhinns-of-Islay lighthouse , is a lighthouse on the Scottish Hebridean island of Orsay . The small, uninhabited island is located several hundred meters south of the Rhinns of Islay peninsula in the west of the island of Islay . On Islay opposite are the coastal towns of Port Wemyss and Portnahaven . The lighthouse is listed in category A in the Scottish monument lists. It was planned and built by Robert Stevenson in 1825 and is probably the oldest lighthouse in Islay.
description
The round tower, built of jointed quarry stone, rises 45.7 m high near the highest point of the uninhabited and, with the exception of a few derelict historical buildings, undeveloped island of Orsay. At the base, the structure measures 6.15 m and tapers slightly but steadily over five floors. The individual floors are visually marked on the outside by stone bands and are each illuminated by four symmetrically arranged lattice windows. An exception is the top floor, which is equipped with smaller round windows. The spiral staircase ascending from there leads to the upper platform. This surrounds the hood, which is composed of diamond-shaped glass fragments and around the beacon, which is probably still largely in its original state today. In 1896 the lens optics were renewed and the beacon was electrified in 1978. The former burner is on display at the Museum of Islay Life in Port Charlotte . The cost of building the entire complex was £ 8,000.
Residential buildings for the guard families can be found on both sides of the tower, which have architectural features of the end of the Georgian era . Octagonal chimneys protrude from the flat roofs of the single-storey houses and decorative gables crown the north-east fronts. To the east of the actual complex, a new elongated building was added, probably around 1900, which, in addition to living rooms, also includes the storage and machine rooms.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ a b Entry on Rhinns of Islay Lighthouse in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
