Lismore Lighthouse
Built in 1833 by Robert Stevenson, it stands on a small island off the north east of Mull.
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Craignure, Isle of Mull, Argyll PA65 6
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Eilean Musdile is an islet to the south west of Lismore in the Inner Hebrides. The island lies in the entrance to Loch Linnhe, separated from Lismore by a sound ¼ miles across. It is a low-lying rock, ten acres (4 ha) in size] with some grass on it. Ferries pass close to the island on their way from Oban to Mull.
Mr Robert Selkirk, a lineal descendant of Alexander Selkirk, was the first Principal Lightkeeper at Lismore and had been in the service since 1808. Lismore was a Rock Station relieved fortnightly so that the men (4 in all) had 6 weeks on the rock followed by two weeks ashore with their families. The provisions and other light stores were brought by a boatman permanently attached to the Station who also did reliefs.
Lismore lighthouse was built by Robert Stevenson in 1833 at a cost of £4260 and initially showed a fixed white light. In 1910 most of the Northern Lighhouse Board's lights were changed to dioptric or Fresnel lenses but Lismore and Fidra, in the Firth of Forth, were left as the only remaining purely catoptric lights in the service.
Photo: phil smith / Lismore Lighthouse
By Road: Off the A 849 in the north east of Mull. A passenger ferry crosses to Lismore.
By Ferry: A car ferry crosses from Oban to Lismore.
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