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Encyclopedia > Lighthouses in Scotland

Lighthouses in Scotland is a link page for any lighthouse in Scotland and its island groups. The Commissioners for Northern Lights are in charge of many lighthouses in Scotland.


See:

List of lighthouses and lightvessels,
lightvessel,
Lighthouses in England,
Lighthouses in Wales,
Lighthouses in Northern Ireland,
Lighthouses in the Republic of Ireland,
Alan Stevenson, David Stevenson, Robert Stevenson, Robert Louis Stevenson

Argyll and Bute

  • Ardnamurchan Lighthouse with museum
  • Toward Lighthouse

City of Edinburgh

  • Newhaven Lighthouse

Dumfries and Galloway

Highland

  • Rua Reidh Lighthouse, Melvaig, Gairloch

Orkney Islands (11 major and 11 minor lighthouses)

  • Brough of Birsay
  • Cantick Head Lighthouse, Longhope, Hoy
  • Hoy Sound (Low) Lighthouse
  • Skerry Lighthouse
  • Sumburgh Head Lighthouse, Sumburgh Voe

Shetland Islands


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Lighthouses of Scotland's East Coast (4940 words)
The Northern Lighthouse Board, established by an act of Parliament in 1786, manages the major lighthouses of Scotland and the Isle of Man. For five generations, engineers of the Stevenson family created for the Board a network of elegant and durable lighthouses famous around the world.
In 2005, the property became part of a large waterfront redevelopment project, with the lighthouse to be converted to a conference center and performance space.
The lighthouse is painted white with a broad red horizontal band around the center of the tower and a narrow red band around the gallery; lantern painted fl.
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