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Holy Island, Outer Lighthouse
Lighthouse (20th Century)
Site Name Holy Island, Outer Lighthouse
Classification Lighthouse (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Pillar Rock Point Lighthouse; Arran; Firth Of Clyde; Outer Clyde Estuary
Canmore ID 40076
Site Number NS02NE 10
NGR NS 06860 29101
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/40076
- Council North Ayrshire
- Parish Kilbride
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Cunninghame
- Former County Buteshire
NS02NE 10 06860 29101
Pillar Rock Lighthouse [NAT]
OS (GIS) MasterMap, May 2010.
Lighthouse [NAT]
OS (GIS) MasterMap, June 2010.
Not to be confused with Holy Island, Inner Lighthouse (Lamlash Bay Lighthouse: NS 06300 28618), for which see NS02NE 9.00.
This lighthouse was built in 1905, and was the first square lighthouse tower built by the Northern Lighthouse Board. It was electrified and automated in 1977.
R W Munro 1979.
Pillar Rock Lighthouse is also known as Holy Island Outer Lighthouse. A shore light, it is situated low down near the S end of the E coast of Arran, and guards the main channel up the Firth of Clyde.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 21 May 2010.
