Rubha nan Gall

Rubha nan Gall Lighthouse
Rubha nan Gall lighthouse
Rubha nan Gall Lighthouse Shown within Argyll and Bute
Location	North-East point of the Isle of Mull, Scotland
Coordinates	56°38.232′N 6°3.969′W / 56.637200°N 6.066150°W / 56.637200; -6.066150Coordinates: 56°38.232′N 6°3.969′W / 56.637200°N 6.066150°W / 56.637200; -6.066150
Year first constructed	1857
Automated	1960
Construction	Brick
Height	18.9 metres (62 ft)
Focal height	17 metres (56 ft)
Range	10 nautical miles (18.5 km)
Characteristic	Fl W 3s
Managing agent	Northern Lighthouse Board
Heritage	C-class Listed Building

Rubha nan Gall lighthouse is located north of Tobermory on the Isle of Mull. The name means "Stranger's Point" in Scottish Gaelic. It was built in 1857 by David and Thomas Stevenson and is operated by the Northern Lighthouse Board. The lighthouse was automated in 1960 and the nearby former keeper's cottage is a private residence.

In August 2013, the former keeper's cottage, together with 80 acres (32 ha) of land and 1 mile (1.6 km) of shore front, was put up for sale at £225,000. Access is by sea or a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) muddy footpath from Tobermory along the steep wooded coastline. The cottage has no mains electricity, water or sewer connections; instead a private spring supplies water, and solid fuel or gas provide heat and light.

References

"Listed Building Report: TOBERMORY LIGHTHOUSE RUDHA NAN GALL". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
"4 bedroom cottage for sale, Rubha nan Gall Tobermory, Isle Of Mull, PA75 6PR". Rightmove. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
"Mull, Rubha nan Gall, Lighthouse". Canmore. Retrieved 24 August 2013.

Lighthouse and cottage with view across to Kilchoan on the Ardnamurchan peninsular

Lighthouses of the Northern Lighthouse Board

Scotland (except principal island groups)	Ailsa Craig Ardnamurchan Bass rock Bell Rock Buchan Ness Cape Wrath Chanonry Corsewall Covesea Skerries Crammag Head Davaar Duncansby Head Dunnet Head Fidra Fife Ness Girdle Ness Holy Island (Outer) Inchkeith Isle of May Kinnaird Head Mull of Galloway Mull of Kintyre North Rona Noss Head Pladda Rattray Head Rubh Re St Abbs Head Sanda Scurdie Ness Stoer Head Strathy Point Stroma Sule Skerry Tarbat Ness Turnberry Minor lights

The Hebrides	Barra Head Butt of Lewis Dubh Artach Eilean Glas Flannan Islands Haskeir Hyskeir Lismore Monach Neist Point Ornsay Rinns of Islay Rona Ruvaal Scarinish Skerryvore Tiumpan Head Ushenish Minor lights

Orkney	Auskerry Brough of Birsay Cantick Head Copinsay Hoy Sound (High) Hoy Sound (Low) North Ronaldsay Noup Head Pentland Skerries Start Point Tor Ness Minor lights

Shetland	Bressay Eshaness Fair Isle North Fair Isle South Firths Voe Foula Hoo Stack Lighthouse Muckle Flugga Out Skerries Point of Fethaland Sumburgh Head Ve Skerries Minor lights

Isle of Man	Chicken Rock Douglas Head Langness (minor light) Maughold Head Point of Ayre Thousla Rock (minor light)

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