Neist Point Lighthouse

Neist Point Lighthouse

Neist Point Lighthouse
Location Skye
Coordinates 57°25′24.06″N 6°47′20.22″W / 57.4233500°N 6.7889500°WCoordinates: 57°25′24.06″N 6°47′20.22″W / 57.4233500°N 6.7889500°W
Year first lit 1909
Automated 1990
Construction White tower
Height 19 metres (62 ft)
Focal height 43 metres (141 ft)
Intensity 480,000 candlepower[1]
Range 16 nautical miles
Characteristic Fl. W 5 sec

Neist Point Lighthouse, designed by David Alan Stevenson, was first lit on 1 November 1909.[2] An aerial cableway is used to take supplies to the lighthouse and cottages.

Since 1990, the lighthouse has been operated remotely from the Northern Lighthouse Board headquarters in Edinburgh. The former keepers' cottages are now in private ownership.

In 1971 the lighthouse was listed as a Category B listed building.[3]

Notes

  1. Andrew Stables. "Neist Point and Lighthouse". Retrieved 15 January 2011.
  2. "Neist Point Lighthouse". Northern Lighthouse Board. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
  3. "Neist Point Lighthouse - Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
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