List of lighthouses in Scotland

Hoy High Lighthouse, Graemsay, Orkney Islands

This is a list of lighthouses in Scotland. The Northern Lighthouse Board, from which much of the information is derived,^[1] are responsible for most lighthouses in Scotland but have handed over responsibility in the major estuaries to the port authorities. Many of the more minor lights are not shown. A lighthouse that is no longer operating is indicated by the date of closure in the operated by column. Where two dates are shown, the lighthouse has been rebuilt.

Nearly all the lighthouses in this list were designed by and most were built by four generations of one family, including Thomas Smith, who was both the stepfather and father-in-law of Robert Stevenson. Robert's sons and grandsons not only built most of the lights, often under the most appalling of conditions, but pioneered many of the improvements in lighting and signalling that cut down the enormous loss of life in shipping around the coasts of Scotland.^[2]

The table may be sorted by any column by clicking on the heading.

Lighthouses

Name	Image	Area coordinates	Island/ mainland	Year built	Built by	Operated by /closed	Tower height	Focal height	Range
Ailsa Craig Lighthouse		Ayrshire 55°15.126′N 5°06.523′W / 55.252100°N 5.108717°W	Ailsa Craig	1886	Thomas & David A Stevenson	NLB	11m	18m	17nm
Ardnamurchan Lighthouse		Highland 56°43.630′N 6°13.567′W / 56.727167°N 6.226117°W	mainland	1849	Alan Stevenson	NLB	35m	55m	24nm
Auskerry		Orkney Islands 59°01.557′N 2°34.367′W / 59.025950°N 2.572783°W	Auskerry	1867	David & Thomas Stevenson	NLB	34m	34m	18nm
Barns Ness Lighthouse		Lothian, Fife and Borders 55°59.2′N 2°26.6′W / 55.9867°N 2.4433°W	mainland	1901	David A Stevenson	2005	37m	36m	Inactive
Barra Head Lighthouse		Western Isles 56°47.128′N 7°39.220′W / 56.785467°N 7.653667°W	Barra Head	1833	Robert Stevenson	NLB	18m	208m	18nm
Bass Rock Lighthouse		Lothian, Fife and Borders 56°04.603′N 2°38.463′W / 56.076717°N 2.641050°W	Bass Rock	1902	David Stevenson	NLB	20m	46m	10nm
Bell Rock Lighthouse		Grampian 56°26.065′N 2°23.230′W / 56.434417°N 2.387167°W	Inchcape	1811	Robert Stevenson	NLB	35m	28m	30nm
Bressay Lighthouse		Shetland Islands 60°07.197′N 1°07.293′W / 60.119950°N 1.121550°W	Bressay	1858	David & Thomas Stevenson	NLB	16m	32m	23nm
Brough of Birsay Lighthouse		Orkney Islands 59°08.214′N 3°20.363′W / 59.136900°N 3.339383°W	Brough of Birsay	1925	David A Stevenson	NLB	11m	52m	18nm
Buchan Ness Lighthouse		Grampian 57°28.227′N 1°46.474′W / 57.470450°N 1.774567°W	mainland	1827	Robert Stevenson	NLB	36m	40m	18nm
Butt of Lewis Lighthouse		Western Isles 58°30.940′N 6°15.717′W / 58.515667°N 6.261950°W	Butt of Lewis	1860	David Stevenson	NLB	37m	52m	25nm
Cantick Head Lighthouse		Orkney Islands 58°47.229′N 3°07.890′W / 58.787150°N 3.131500°W	South Walls	1858	David & Thomas Stevenson	NLB	22m	35m	13nm
Cape Wrath Lighthouse		Highland 58°37.538′N 4°59.952′W / 58.625633°N 4.999200°W	mainland	1828	Robert Stevenson	NLB	20m	122m	22nm
Chanonry Lighthouse		Highland 57°34.441′N 4°05.567′W / 57.574017°N 4.092783°W	mainland	1846	Alan Stevenson	NLB	12m	12m	12nm
Cloch Point Lighthouse		Argyll and Bute 55°56′32.10″N 4°52′43.11″W / 55.9422500°N 4.8786417°W	mainland	1797	Thomas Smith & Robert Stevenson	CPA	23m	23m	8nm
Copinsay Lighthouse		Orkney Islands 58°53.784′N 2°40.349′W / 58.896400°N 2.672483°W	Copinsay	1915	David A Stevenson	NLB	16m	79m	14nm
Corsewall Lighthouse		Dumfries and Galloway 55°.429′N 5°09.564′W / 55.007150°N 5.159400°W	mainland	1817	Robert Stevenson	NLB	34m	34m	22nm
Covesea Skerries Lighthouse		Grampian 57°43.447′N 3°20.329′W / 57.724117°N 3.338817°W	mainland	1846	Alan Stevenson	2012	36m	49m	Inactive
Crammag Head Lighthouse		Dumfries and Galloway 54°39.910′N 4°57.903′W / 54.665167°N 4.965050°W	mainland	1913	David A Stevenson	NLB	7m	35m	18nm
Cromarty Lighthouse		Highland 57°41.0′N 4°02.1′W / 57.6833°N 4.0350°W	mainland	1846	Alan Stevenson	2006	13m	18m	Inactive
Davaar		Argyll and Bute 55°25.688′N 5°32.428′W / 55.428133°N 5.540467°W	Davaar Island	1854	David & Thomas Stevenson & John Barr & Co	NLB	20m	37m	23nm
Dubh Artach Lighthouse		Argyll and Bute 56°07.946′N 6°38.079′W / 56.132433°N 6.634650°W	rock	1872	Thomas Stevenson	NLB	38m	44m	20nm
Duncansby Head Lighthouse		Highland 58°38.641′N 3°01.521′W / 58.644017°N 3.025350°W	mainland	1924	David A Stevenson	NLB	11m	67m	22nm
Dunnet Head Lighthouse		Highland 58°40.287′N 3°22.594′W / 58.671450°N 3.376567°W	mainland	1831	Robert Stevenson	NLB	20m	105m	23nm
Eilean Glas Lighthouse		Western Isles 57°51.413′N 6°38.515′W / 57.856883°N 6.641917°W	Scalpay	1789	Thomas Smith	NLB	30m	43m	23nm
Elie Ness Lighthouse		Lothian, Fife and Borders 56°11.044′N 2°48.763′W / 56.184067°N 2.812717°W	mainland	1908	James Laurie	Forth Ports	11m	12m	17nm
Esha Ness Lighthouse		Shetland Islands 60°29.350′N 1°37.680′W / 60.489167°N 1.628000°W	Shetland mainland	1929	David A Stevenson	NLB	12m	61m	25nm
Fair Isle North		Shetland Islands 59°33.122′N 1°36.531′W / 59.552033°N 1.608850°W	Fair Isle	1892	David A & Charles Stevenson	NLB	14m	80m	22nm
Fair Isle South		Shetland Islands 59°30.858′N 1°39.206′W / 59.514300°N 1.653433°W	Fair Isle	1892	David A & Charles Stevenson	NLB	26m	32m	22nm
Fidra Lighthouse		Lothian, Fife and Borders 56°04.399′N 2°47.125′W / 56.073317°N 2.785417°W	Fidra	1885	Thomas & David A Stevenson	NLB	17m	34m	15nm
Fife Ness		Lothian, Fife and Borders 56°16.747′N 2°35.196′W / 56.279117°N 2.586600°W	mainland	1975	P H Hyslop	NLB	5m	12m	15nm
Firths Voe Lighthouse		Shetland Islands 60°27.215′N 1°10.671′W / 60.453583°N 1.177850°W	Shetland mainland	1909	David A Stevenson	NLB	9m	9m	15nm
Flannan Isles Lighthouse		Western Isles 58°17.294′N 7°35.394′W / 58.288233°N 7.589900°W	Flannan Isles	1899	David A Stevenson	NLB	23m	101m	20nm
Foula		Shetland Islands 60°06.757′N 2°03.875′W / 60.112617°N 2.064583°W	Foula	1986	James Johnson	NLB	8m	36m	17nm
Girdle Ness		Aberdeenshire 57°08.339′N 2°02.916′W / 57.138983°N 2.048600°W	mainland	1833	Robert Stevenson	NLB	37m	57m	22nm
Holburn Lighthouse		Highland 58°36.9′N 03°32.4′W / 58.6150°N 3.5400°W	mainland	1862	David & Thomas Stevenson	2003	17m	23m	Inactive
Holy Island (Inner) Lighthouse		Ayrshire 55°31′30″N 5°04′20″W / 55.52500°N 5.07222°W	Holy Island	1877	David & Thomas Stevenson	NLB	17m	14m	6nm
Holy Island (Outer) Lighthouse		Ayrshire 55°31′30″N 5°04′20″W / 55.52500°N 5.07222°W	Holy Island	1905	David A & Charles Stevenson	NLB	23m	38m	18nm
Hoxa Head Lighthouse		Orkney Islands 58°49.315′N 3°02.085′W / 58.821917°N 3.034750°W	South Ronaldsay	1901 + 1996	David A Stevenson	NLB	7m	15m	9nm
Hoy Sound (High) Lighthouse		Orkney Islands 58°56.137′N 3°16.399′W / 58.935617°N 3.273317°W	Graemsay	1851	Alan Stevenson	NLB	33m	35m	20nm
Hoy Sound (Low) Lighthouse		Orkney Islands 58°56.421′N 3°18.605′W / 58.940350°N 3.310083°W	Graemsay	1851	Alan Stevenson	NLB	12m	17m	12nm
Hyskeir Lighthouse		Highland 56°58.139′N 6°40.851′W / 56.968983°N 6.680850°W	Hyskeir	1904	David A & Charles Stevenson	NLB	39m	41m	24nm
Inchkeith Lighthouse		Lothian, Fife and Borders 56°02.013′N 3°08.173′W / 56.033550°N 3.136217°W	Inchkeith	1804	Thomas Smith & Robert Stevenson	Forth Ports	19m	67m	14nm
Isle of May Lighthouse		Lothian, Fife and Borders 56°11.139′N 2°33.457′W / 56.185650°N 2.557617°W	Isle of May	1635 + 1816	James Maxwell+Robert Stevenson	NLB	24m	73m	22nm
Killantringan Lighthouse		Dumfries and Galloway 54°51.7′N 5°08.7′W / 54.8617°N 5.1450°W	mainland	1900	David A Stevenson	2007	22m	49m	Inactive
Kinnaird Head Lighthouse		Grampian 57°41.105′N 2°.265′W / 57.685083°N 2.004417°W	mainland	1787	Thomas Smith	NLB	10m	25m	22nm
Lady Isle Lighthouse		Ayrshire 55°31.632′N 4°44.047′W / 55.527200°N 4.734117°W	Lady Isle	1903	David A Stevenson	NLB	15m	19m	11nm
Lismore Lighthouse		Highland 56°27.333′N 5°36.449′W / 56.455550°N 5.607483°W	Eilean Musdile	1833	Robert Stevenson	NLB	26m	31m	17nm
Little Cumbrae Lighthouse		Ayrshire 55°43′17″N 4°57′18″W / 55.72131°N 4.95503°W	Little Cumbrae	1757 + 1793 + 1997	James Ewing + Thomas Smith	CPA	11m	28m	14nm
Little Ross		Dumfries and Galloway 54°45.944′N 4°05.096′W / 54.765733°N 4.084933°W	Little Ross	1843	Alan Stevenson	NLB	22m	50m	12nm
Lother Rock		Orkney Islands 58°43.796′N 2°58.692′W / 58.729933°N 2.978200°W	rock	1910	David A Stevenson	NLB	12m	13m	6nm
Monach Lighthouse		Western Isles 57°31.549′N 7°41.763′W / 57.525817°N 7.696050°W	Shillay	1864	David & Thomas Stevenson	NLB	41m	47m	18nm
Muckle Flugga Lighthouse		Shetland Islands 60°51.326′N 0°53.146′W / 60.855433°N 0.885767°W	Muckle Flugga	1854	Thomas & David Stevenson	NLB	20m	66m	22nm
Mull of Galloway Lighthouse		Dumfries and Galloway 54°38.105′N 4°51.436′W / 54.635083°N 4.857267°W	mainland	1830	Robert Stevenson	NLB	26m	99m	28nm
Mull of Kintyre Lighthouse		Argyll and Bute 55°18.626′N 5°48.208′W / 55.310433°N 5.803467°W	mainland	1788	Thomas Smith	NLB	12m	91m	24nm
Neist Point Lighthouse		Highland 57°25.401′N 6°47.337′W / 57.423350°N 6.788950°W	Skye	1909	David A Stevenson	NLB	19m	43m	16nm
North Rona Lighthouse		Western Isles 59°07.276′N 5°48.902′W / 59.121267°N 5.815033°W	North Rona	1984		NLB	13m	114m	22nm
North Ronaldsay Lighthouse		Orkney Islands 59°23.359′N 2°22.890′W / 59.389317°N 2.381500°W	North Ronaldsay	1789 + 1852	Thomas Smith + Alan Stevenson	NLB	42m	43m	24nm
Noss Head Lighthouse		Highland 58°28.788′N 3°03.088′W / 58.479800°N 3.051467°W	mainland	1849	Alan Stevenson	NLB	18m	53m	25nm
Noup Head Lighthouse		Orkney Islands 59°19.865′N 3°04.235′W / 59.331083°N 3.070583°W	Westray	1898	David A & Charles Stevenson	NLB	24m	79m	20nm
Ornsay Lighthouse		Highland 57°08.602′N 5°46.869′W / 57.143367°N 5.781150°W	Eilean Sionnach	1857	David & Thomas Stevenson	NLB	19m	18m	12nm
Out Skerries Lighthouse		Shetland Islands 60°25.469′N 0°43.683′W / 60.424483°N 0.728050°W	Bound Skerry	1854	David & Thomas Stevenson	NLB	30m	44m	20nm
Oxcars Lighthouse		Lothian, Fife and Borders 56°1′21″N 3°16′49″W / 56.02250°N 3.28028°W	rock	1886	Thomas & David A Stevenson	Forth Ports	22m	16m	13nm
Pentland Skerries Lighthouse		Orkney Islands 58°41.408′N 2°55.484′W / 58.690133°N 2.924733°W	Muckle Skerry	1794	Thomas Smith & Robert Stevenson	NLB	36m	52m	23nm
Pladda Lighthouse		Ayrshire 55°25′30″N 5°07′06″W / 55.425°N 5.1184°W	Pladda	1790	Thomas Smith	NLB	29m	40m	17nm
Point of Fethaland Lighthouse		Shetland Islands 60°38.054′N 1°18.697′W / 60.634233°N 1.311617°W	Shetland mainland	1977		NLB	7m	67m	24nm
Rattray Head Lighthouse		Aberdeenshire 57°36.615′N 1°49.006′W / 57.610250°N 1.816767°W	rock with causeway	1895	David A Stevenson	NLB	34m	28m	18nm
Rinns of Islay Lighthouse		Argyll and Bute 55°40.390′N 6°30.812′W / 55.673167°N 6.513533°W	Orsay	1825	Robert Stevenson	NLB	29m	46m	24nm
Rona Lighthouse		Highland 57°34.684′N 5°57.547′W / 57.578067°N 5.959117°W	South Rona	1857	David & Thomas Stevenson	NLB	13m	69m	19nm
Rua Reidh Lighthouse		Highland 57°51.527′N 5°48.713′W / 57.858783°N 5.811883°W	mainland	1912	David A Stevenson	NLB	25m	37m	24nm
Rubha nan Gall Lighthouse		Argyll and Bute 56°38.232′N 6°03.969′W / 56.637200°N 6.066150°W	Mull	1857	David & Thomas Stevenson	NLB	19m	17m	10nm
Ruvaal		Argyll and Bute 55°56.181′N 6°07.409′W / 55.936350°N 6.123483°W	Islay	1859	David & Thomas Stevenson	NLB	34m	45m	24nm
Sanda Island Lighthouse		Argyll and Bute 55°16.508′N 5°34.980′W / 55.275133°N 5.583000°W	Sanda Island	1850	Alan Stevenson	NLB	15m	50m	15nm
Scarinish		Argyll and Bute 56°30.015′N 6°48.266′W / 56.500250°N 6.804433°W	Tiree	1897	David A Stevenson	NLB	3m	11m	12nm
Scurdie Ness Lighthouse		Angus 56°42.106′N 2°26.236′W / 56.701767°N 2.437267°W	mainland	1870	David Stevenson	NLB	39m	34m	23nm
Skerryvore Lighthouse		Argyll and Bute 56°19.381′N 7°06.865′W / 56.323017°N 7.114417°W	rock	1844	Alan Stevenson	NLB	48m	46m	23nm
Southerness lighthouse		Dumfries and Galloway 54°52.369′N 3°35.701′W / 54.872817°N 3.595017°W	mainland	1800[3] + 1844		1931	10m	17m	Inactive
St Abbs Head Lighthouse		Lothian, Fife and Borders 55°54.979′N 2°08.286′W / 55.916317°N 2.138100°W	mainland	1857	David & Alan Stevenson	NLB	9m	68m	26nm
Start Point		Orkney Islands 59°16.638′N 2°22.577′W / 59.277300°N 2.376283°W	Sanday	1806	Robert Stevenson	NLB	25m	18m	24nm
Stoer Head Lighthouse		Highland 58°14.409′N 5°24.165′W / 58.240150°N 5.402750°W	mainland	1870	David & Thomas Stevenson	NLB	14m	59m	24nm
Strathy Point Lighthouse		Highland 58°36.079′N 4°01.123′W / 58.601317°N 4.018717°W	mainland	1958	P H Hyslop	2012	14m	45m	Inactive
Stroma Lighthouse		Highland 58°41.754′N 3°07.014′W / 58.695900°N 3.116900°W	Stroma	1896	David A & Charles Stevenson	NLB	23m	32m	26nm
Sule Skerry		Orkney Islands 59°05.099′N 4°24.356′W / 59.084983°N 4.405933°W	Sule Skerry	1895	David A & Charles Stevenson	NLB	27m	34m	21nm
Sumburgh Head Lighthouse		Shetland Islands 59°51.231′N 1°16.515′W / 59.853850°N 1.275250°W	Shetland mainland	1821	Robert Stevenson	NLB	17m	91m	23nm
Tarbat Ness Lighthouse		Highland 57°51.908′N 3°46.600′W / 57.865133°N 3.776667°W	mainland	1830	Robert Stevenson	NLB	41m	53m	24nm
Tiumpan Head Lighthouse		Western Isles 58°15.677′N 6°08.271′W / 58.261283°N 6.137850°W	Lewis	1900	David A & Charles Stevenson	NLB	21m	55m	25nm
Tod Head Lighthouse		Aberdeenshire 56°53′01″N 2°12′55″W / 56.8837°N 2.2152°W	mainland	1897	David A Stevenson	2007	13m	41m	18nm
Tor Ness		Orkney Islands 58°46.704′N 3°17.792′W / 58.778400°N 3.296533°W	Hoy	1980	John Smith	NLB	8m	20m	17nm
Toward Point Lighthouse		Argyll and Bute 55°51.729′N 4°58.787′W / 55.862150°N 4.979783°W	mainland	1812	Robert Stevenson	CPA	19m	21m	22nm
Turnberry Lighthouse		Ayrshire 55°19.572′N 4°50.655′W / 55.326200°N 4.844250°W	mainland	1873	David & Thomas Stevenson	NLB	24m	29m	12nm
Ushenish Lighthouse		Western Isles 57°17.895′N 7°11.580′W / 57.298250°N 7.193000°W	South Uist	1857	David & Thomas Stevenson	NLB	12m	54m	19nm
Vaternish Lighthouse		Highland 57°36.484′N 6°38.049′W / 57.608067°N 6.634150°W	Skye	1924 + 1980	David A & Charles Stevenson + John Smith	NLB	7m	20m	8nm
Weavers Point		Western Isles 57°36.493′N 7°06.001′W / 57.608217°N 7.100017°W	North Uist	1980	John Smith	NLB	4m	20m	7nm

Some images from Wikimedia Commons^[4]

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  Auskerry
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  Barns Ness
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  Barra Head
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  Bell Rock
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  Duncansby Head
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  Dubh artach
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  Elie Ness
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  Fidra
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  Flannan Isles
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  Holy Island, Arran
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  Killantringan
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  Kinnaird
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  Isle of May
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  Muckle Flugga
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  Mull of Galloway
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  Neist Point
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  Old Lighthouse, North Ronaldsay
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  Outskerries
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  Oxcars
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  Pentland Skerries
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  Pladda
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  Rattray Head
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  Rubha nan Gall
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  Skerryvore
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  Southerness
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  St Abb's Head
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  Sumburgh
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  Tarbat Ness
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  Optic from Tarbat Ness
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  Cape Wrath

See also

• Alan Stevenson, David Stevenson, Robert Stevenson (civil engineer), Robert Louis Stevenson
• Trinity House of Leith
• List of lighthouses and lightvessels
• Lightvessel
• Lighthouses in England
• Lighthouses in Ireland
• Lighthouses in Wales
• List of Northern Lighthouse Board lighthouses

References

1. "Lighthouse Library". Northern Lighthouse Board. Retrieved Jun 23, 2015.
2. Bathurst, Bella (1999). The Lighthouse Stevensons. Harper Collins. p. xvii.
3. Built in 1748 but not lit till 1800
4. Lighthouses in Scotland by name