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Light Established 1857 Engineer David & Thomas Stevenson Character Flashing White every 12 secs Elevation 69 metres Nominal Range 19 miles Structure White tower 13 metres high. History
In 1853 the Commissioners' Engineer David Stevenson, who had succeeded his brother Alan in February, prepared a list of 45 possible sites thought desirable to complete a system of lights for the coasts of Scotland. The board named eight which ought to be given priority - Sound of Islay (at or near Port Askaig), Sound of Mull (at or near Tobermory), the north and south entrances to the sounds between Skye and the mainland (Rona and Ornsay), the coast of Sutherland (at or near Stoer Head or Rubh' Re), Holburn Head near Thurso, Cantick Head or Switha in Orkney, and Bressay at the south entrance to Lerwick harbour. Rubha
na Gall (Sound of Mull), Ornsay, Kyleakin, Rona and Ushenish were
all lighted on 10 November
1857. On Rona, north of Raasay, a widow named Janet Mackenzie had for
many years shown a light in one of her windows which enabled fishing
boats to clear the rocks at the harbour entrance, and she had been
given
a grant of £20 by the Commissioners. Rona light was automated in 1975. Back to TOP Print History |