Toward Point
Toward Point is the southern extremity of the Cowal peninsula, near the village of Toward and six miles south of Dunoon, Argyll, Scotland. There has been a lighthouse here since 1812. The location is the south-west extreme point of the Highland Boundary Fault as it crosses the Scottish mainland.[1]
Lighthouse
 Toward Point Lighthouse and Foghorn Building | |
| Location | Cowal peninsula |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 55°51′37″N 4°58′41″W / 55.86028°N 4.97806°WCoordinates: 55°51′37″N 4°58′41″W / 55.86028°N 4.97806°W |
| Year first lit | 1812 |
| Construction | White circular tower |
| Range | 22 nautical miles |
| Characteristic | Fl. W 10sec |
Toward Point Lighthouse was completed in 1812. It was built by Robert Stevenson (1772 - 1850) for the Cumbrae Lighthouse Trust.[2] Two lighthouse keepers' houses were added in the later 1800s. A white building on the foreshore housed the foghorn mechanism, originally a steam engine and then diesel engines. The foghorn was taken out of operation in the 1990s.[3] Today the buildings are a private home and not open to the public.
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ MacNair, Peter. Argyllshire and Buteshire. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 5. ISBN 978-1107657526.
- ↑ Ritchie, James Neil Graham; Harman, Mary (1996). Argyll and the Western Isles. Exploring Scotland's Heritage. Seven Hills Books. p. 72. ISBN 9780114952877.
- ↑ "Toward Lighthouse". Photographers Resource. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
