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Holy Island, Inner Lighthouse
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
- Council North Ayrshire
- Parish Kilbride
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Cunninghame
- Former County Buteshire
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.
