Ardmore, Barra

Ardmore
Ardmore
Ardmore shown within the Outer Hebrides
OS grid reference NF721037
Council area
Lieutenancy area
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town ISLE OF BARRA
Postcode district HS9
Dialling code 01871
Police Scottish
Fire Scottish
Ambulance Scottish
EU Parliament Scotland
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament
Ardmore Point Lighthouse

Ardmore Point Lighthouse
Location Ardmore Point
Barra
Outer Hebrides
Scotland
United Kingdom
Coordinates 56°39′22″N 6°07′43″W / 56.656041°N 6.128611°W / 56.656041; -6.128611
Year first constructed 1958 (first)
Year first lit 2003 (current)
Deactivated 2003 (first)
Construction metal skeletal tower
Tower shape square parallelepiped tower with aluminium panels as daymark
Markings / pattern white tower
Height 5 metres (16 ft)
Focal height 18 metres (59 ft)
Light source solar power
Range 13 nautical miles (24 km; 15 mi)
Characteristic Fl (2) W 10s.
Admiralty number A4107
NGA number 4028
ARLHS number SCO-004
Managing agent Northern Lighthouse Board[1][2]

Ardmore (Scottish Gaelic: Aird Mhòr) is a small village in the north east of the Isle of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland.

In 2002 a small ferry port was built in the village to serve a new ferry link between Barra and Eriskay as part of the Sound of Barra Integrated Transport Project. The ferry service started in spring 2003. A causeway had previously been built linking Eriskay to South Uist. The daily service on the MV Loch Alainn has frequent sailings and takes only 40 minutes compared to 90 minutes for the Castlebay–Lochboisdale service on the larger CalMac ship the MV Clansman. That service was previously the main connection between the islands of Barra and South Uist but was not daily and formed only part of the route from Oban–Castlebay–Lochboisdale.

Note that the correct location for the port is as follows, rather than at Aird Mhidhinis as shown on some printed Ordnance Survey maps.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Ardmore Pont The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 21 May 2016
  2. ↑ Ardmore Northern Lighthouse Board. Retrieved 21 May 2016


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