Skerryvore
Sign in to saveSkerryvore (from the Gaelic An Sgeir Mhòr meaning "The Great Skerry") is a remote island that lies off the west coast of Scotland, southwest of Tiree. Skerryvore Lighthouse is located on these rocks, built with some difficulty between 1838 and 1844 by Alan Stevenson.
Key facts
- Scottish island.Image
- Skerryvore 01.jpg
- Scottish island.location_map
- Scotland Argyll and Bute
- Scottish island.GridReference
- NL841265
- Scottish island.celtic name
- An Sgeir Mhòr
- Scottish island.meaning of name
- The Great Skerry
- Scottish island.Population
- 0
- Scottish island.island group
- Inner Hebrides
- Scottish island.local authority
- Argyll and Bute
- Lighthouse.qid
- Q2292002
- Lighthouse.yeardeactivated
- 1954–1959
- Lighthouse.shape
- tapered cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern incorporating keeper’s quarters
- Lighthouse.fogsignal
- one blast every 60 s
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Geology
- Planning and construction of the lighthouse
- Surveys
- Shore station
- Barrack and foundation
- Tower
- Fitting out
- Keepers
- Post-construction events
- See also
- References
- Notes
- Further reading
- External links
Skerryvore (from the Gaelic An Sgeir Mhòr meaning "The Great Skerry") is a remote island that lies off the west coast of Scotland, southwest of Tiree. Skerryvore Lighthouse is located on these rocks, built with some difficulty between 1838 and 1844 by Alan Stevenson.
At a height of it is the tallest lighthouse in Scotland. The shore station was at Hynish on Tiree (which now houses the Skerryvore Lighthouse Museum); operations were later transferred to Erraid, west of Mull. The remoteness of the location led to the keepers receiving additional payments in kind. The light shone without a break from 1844 until a fire in 1954 shut down operations for five years. The lighthouse was automated in 1994.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Skerryvore” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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