Vaternish Lighthouse

Vaternish Point Lighthouse

Vaternish Lighthouse
Isle of Skye
Location Trumpan
Skye
Highland
Scotland
United Kingdom
Coordinates 57°36′28″N 6°38′03″W / 57.607736°N 6.634134°W / 57.607736; -6.634134Coordinates: 57°36′28″N 6°38′03″W / 57.607736°N 6.634134°W / 57.607736; -6.634134
Year first constructed 1924 (first)
Year first lit 1980 (current)
Automated 1980
Foundation reinforced concrete
Construction metal tower
Tower shape octagonal prism tower with balcony and lantern
Markings / pattern white tower and lantern
Height 7 metres (23 ft)
Focal height 21 metres (69 ft)
Light source solar power
Range 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi)
Characteristic Fl W 20s.
Admiralty number A4056
NGA number 3964
ARLHS number SCO-252
Managing agent Northern Lighthouse Board[1]

Vaternish Lighthouse was built on Waternish Point in 1924. The engineers were David and Charles Stevenson.[2] The original lens was donated to the Museum of Scottish Lighthouses.[3]

The present tower was built in 1980, by engineer John Smith.[4] It consists of a concrete base, aluminium light room and a GRP roof. Solar panels were installed in 2001.[5] It is accessible on foot from the road at Trumpan.

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Notes

  1. Vaternish Point The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 24 May 2016
  2. "Lighthouses of Scotland: Highlands". The Lighthouse Directory. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
  3. "Lens, fourth order. Vaternish Lighthouse". eHive. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
  4. "Vaternish". Northern Lighthouse Board. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
  5. "Waternish Lighthouse". Photographers Resource. Retrieved 16 January 2011.

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