Waternish Point

Vaternish Point is the north western point of the Waternish peninsula on Skye. It has had a lighthouse since 1924.

Geography

Vaternish Point is a rugged, uncultivated high promontory.[1]

Lighthouse

Vaternish Lighthouse
Vaternish Lighthouse
Location north of Trumpan, Skye
Coordinates
Year first constructed 1924
Year first lit 1980 (current tower)
Construction white octagonal cylindrical tower
Height 7 metres (23 ft)
Focal height 20 metres (66 ft)
Range 8 nautical miles
Characteristic Fl. W 20sec
Admiralty number A4056
NGA number 3964
ARLHS number SCO-252

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.

Footnotes

  1. ^ (pdf) Sailing Directions (Enroute) Scotland (Tenth ed.). Bethesda, Maryland: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2007. p. 78. http://highsea.cz/nga/Pub141bk.pdf. Retrieved 16 January 2011. 
  2. ^ "Lighthouses of Scotland: Highlands". The Lighthouse Directory. http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/sctnw.htm. Retrieved 16 January 2011. 
  3. ^ "Lens, fourth order. Vaternish Lighthouse". eHive. http://ehive.com/account/3418/object/2607. Retrieved 16 January 2011. 
  4. ^ "Vaternish". Northern Lighthouse Board. http://www.nlb.org.uk/LighthouseLibrary/Lighthouse/Vaternish/. Retrieved 16 January 2011. 
  5. ^ "Waternish Lighthouse". Photographers Resource. http://www.photographers-resource.co.uk/A_heritage/Lighthouses/LG3_Sct/Vaternish.htm. Retrieved 16 January 2011.