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Holy Island, Inner Lighthouse

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Lighthouse (19th Century)

Site Name Holy Island, Inner Lighthouse

Classification Lighthouse (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Lamlash Bay Lighthouse; Arran; Firth Of Clyde; Outer Clyde Estuary

Canmore ID 40084

Site Number NS02NE 9

NGR NS 06300 28618

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/40084

Ordnance Survey licence number AC0000807262. All rights reserved.
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Oblique aerial view of Holy Island Inner Lighthouse, looking NE.
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Administrative Areas

  • Council North Ayrshire
  • Parish Kilbride
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Cunninghame
  • Former County Buteshire

Archaeology Notes

NS02NE 9.00 06300 28618

Lighthouse [NAT]

OS (GIS) MasterMap, June 2010.

NS02NE 9.01 NS 06229 28556 Jetty

Not to be confused with Holy Island, Outer Lighthouse (Pillar Rock Lighthouse: NS 06860 29101), for which see NS02NE 10.

This lighthouse was built in 1877, and was converted from oil to gas burning (with a corresponding reduction in manpower) by D A Stevenson soon after 1898. Electrification (on the sealed beam system) and automation followed in 1976, the maximum available candlepower being 736,000. An automatic fog signal is also in operation.

R W Munro 1979.

This shore lighthouse is situated near sea level on the SW point of Holy Island, facing into Lamlash Bay. It guards the S entrance into the bay.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 16 June 2010.

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Construction (1877)

Light established in 1877.

R W Munro 1979

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