Field Visit

Date 1974

Event ID 550855

Category Recording

Type Field Visit

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NL 840 263. Skerryvore Lighthouse is situated about 11 nautical miles WSW of Tiree, and stands on the largest exposed rock of an extensive reef. Designed and built by Alan Stevenson, work on its construction started in 1838; the masonry structure was completed in 1842, and the light was first exhibited in 1844. The circular tower measures 12.8m in diameter at base, and the masonry structure rises to a height of 42m. From the entrance the tower rises through ten storeys to the light-room and lantern, each of the lower nine floors being vaulted and measuring 3.7 m in diameter. The interior was thoroughly repaired and re-equipped following a serious fire in 1954.

Visible on RCAHMS air photographs AG 9053-60 (flown 1978).

RCAHMS 1980, visited 1974.