Rona, Lighthouse
Lighthouse (19th Century)
Site Name Rona, Lighthouse
Classification Lighthouse (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) South Rona Light; Inner Sound; Sound Of Raasay; Rona Ronaidh
Canmore ID 99577
Site Number NG66SW 3
NGR NG 63411 61137
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/99577
- Council Highland
- Parish Portree
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
Lighthouse and Keeper's cottage, 1857, at the island's north end, automated in 1975.
Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NG66SW 3.00 63411 61137
Lighthouse [NAT]
OS 1:10,560 map, 1966.
NG66SW 3.01 NG 63395 61154 Keepers' Cottages
'Rona. NE point'
Admiralty List of Lights 1980.
'South Rona [Light]'
K Allardyce and E M Hood 1986.
This island lighthouse stands near the N end of the elongated island of Rona (Rona Ronaidh), where it guards the northern entrances to the Sound of Raasay (to the W) and the Inner Sound (to the E). It was built by David Stevenson, being first lighted on 10 November 1857, and was converted to automatic operation in 1975.
This lighthouse has been termed South Rona to differentiate it from that (HW83SW 12, at HW 81753 32285) constructed in 1984 on the island of North Rona, to the NW of Cape Wrath.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 30 July 2008.
R W Munro 1979; S Krauskopf 2001.
Note (30 July 2008)
This island lighthouse stands near the N end of the elongated island of Rona (Rona Ronaidh), where it guards the northern entrances to the Sound of Raasay (to the W) and the Inner Sound (to the E). It was built by David Stevenson, being first lighted on 10 November 1857, and was converted to automatic operation in 1975.
This lighthouse has been termed South Rona to differentiate it from that (HW83SW 12, at HW 81753 32285) constructed in 1984 on the island of North Rona, to the NW of Cape Wrath.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 30 July 2008.
R W Munro 1979; S Krauskopf 2001.
