Publication Account
Date 1985
Event ID 1018727
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1018727
Impressive both from the sea when rounding Ardnamurchan Point or when approached by land at the most western tip of the British mainland, the lighthouse was designed by Alan Stevenson in 1846 and completed some three years later; it was one of the last of the series of great stone towers to be built by the Commissioners of the Northern Lighthouse Board. The lighthouse tower has a height of 28m at which point the parapet walk surrounds the light-room; the tower and keepers' houses were designed on opposing sides of a courtyard with further accommodation in a rather uninspiring low block. The main architectural features of note are the Classical doorway at the base of the tower and the arched base of the upper parapet. In the light-room the original lens mechanism and mounting may still be seen.
Information from ‘Exploring Scotland’s Heritage: Argyll and the Western Isles’, (1985).
