Rubha nan Gall

Rubha nan Gall Lighthouse
Location	North-East point of the; Isle of Mull; Argyll and Bute; Scotland
OS grid	NM5077257045
Coordinates	56°38′19″N 6°03′58″W / 56.638672°N 6.066241°W
Tower
Constructed	1857
Built by	Thomas Stevenson, David Stevenson
Construction	brick tower
Automated	1960
Height	18.9 m (62 ft)
Shape	cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markings	white tower, black lantern, ochre trim
Power source	solar power
Operator	Northern Lighthouse Board
Heritage	Category C listed
Light
Focal height	17 m (56 ft)
Range	10 nmi (19 km)
Characteristic	Fl W 3s.

Rubha nan Gall lighthouse is located north of Tobermory on the Isle of Mull beside the Sound of Mull. The name means "Stranger's Point" in Scottish Gaelic. It was built in 1857 by David and Thomas Stevenson and is operated by the Northern Lighthouse Board.^[2] The lighthouse was automated in 1960 and the nearby former keepers' cottages are privately owned.

In August 2013, the former keepers' cottages were sold and after extensive renovation work, one is a private home and the other is a self-catering cottage. Access is by sea or a 1.3-mile (2.1-kilometre) footpath from Tobermory along the steep wooded coastline. The cottages have no mains electricity or water; instead a private spring supplies water, while an off-grid solar system provides power.^[3]

References

^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Scotland: Argyll and Bute". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Mull, Rubha Nan Gall, Lighthouse (157686)". Canmore. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
^ Rubha nan Gall Lighthouse Cottage Retrieved 24 April 2018.

External links

[1] Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Scotland: Argyll and Bute". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

[2] Historic Environment Scotland. "Mull, Rubha Nan Gall, Lighthouse (157686)". Canmore. Retrieved 21 December 2018.

[3] Rubha nan Gall Lighthouse Cottage Retrieved 24 April 2018.

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v t e Lighthouses of the Northern Lighthouse Board
Scotland (except principal island groups)	Ailsa Craig Ardnamurchan Bass Rock Bell Rock Buchan Ness Cape Wrath Chanonry Corran Point Corsewall Covesea Skerries Crammag Head Davaar Duncansby Head Dunnet Head Fidra Fife Ness Girdle Ness Holy Island (Outer) Inchkeith Isle of May Kinnaird Head Mull of Galloway Mull of Kintyre North Rona Noss Head Pladda Rattray Head Rubh Re St Abbs Head Sanda Scurdie Ness Stoer Head Strathy Point Stroma Sule Skerry Tarbat Ness Turnberry Minor lights
The Hebrides	Barra Head Butt of Lewis Dubh Artach Eilean Glas Flannan Islands Haskeir Hyskeir Lismore Monach Neist Point Ornsay Rinns of Islay Rubha nan Gall Rona Lighthouse Ruvaal Scarinish Skerryvore Tiumpan Head Ushenish Minor lights
Orkney	Auskerry Brough of Birsay Cantick Head Copinsay Hoy Sound (High) Hoy Sound (Low) North Ronaldsay Noup Head Pentland Skerries Start Point Tor Ness Minor lights
Shetland	Bressay Eshaness Fair Isle North Fair Isle South Firths Voe Foula Hoo Stack Little Holm Muckle Flugga Out Skerries Point of Fethaland Sumburgh Head Ve Skerries Minor lights
Isle of Man	Chicken Rock Douglas Head Langness (minor light) Maughold Head Point of Ayre Thousla Rock (minor light)

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