Fladda, Fladda Lighthouse
Lighthouse (19th Century)
Site Name Fladda, Fladda Lighthouse
Classification Lighthouse (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Phladda; Sound Of Easdale; Sound Of Luing
Canmore ID 150915
Site Number NM71SW 21
NGR NM 72069 12290
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/150915
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Jura
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NM71SW 21 72069 12290
Lighthouse [NAT]
OS (GIS) MasterMap, June 2010.
MISCELLANEOUS:
Jura, Fladda Lighthouse.
Scottish National Buildings Record, album of Northern Lighthouses - prints.
(Undated) information in NMRS.
Name: Fladda (1860)
Location: N56 15 W5 41 Firth of Lorne, 15 miles SW of Oban
Designed and built: David and Thomas Stevenson
Light first exhibited: 1860
Description: circular stone tower, painted white
Height of light above MHW: 43ft (13m)
Height of tower: 42ft (13m)
Light source and characteristics: W R G Gp Fl (2) ev 9 secs. Acetylene: 8250cp (R 2250): nominal range W11 R9 G9 nm
Fog warning apparatus: None
Manning: unwatched (automatic since 1956)
C Nicholson 1995.
