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Managing Organization:
Northern Lighthouse Board
Website: http://www.nlb.org.uk/ourlights/history/skerryvore.htm
Notes:
This lighthouse, the tallest in Britain, was designed by Alan Stevenson, uncle of author Robert Louis Stevenson. It took 150 men seven years to build the tower. A fire gutted the lighthouse in 1954. Tower Height: 158 Height of Focal Plane: 150 Characteristic and Range: Flashing white every 10 seconds, visible for 23 nautical miles. Description of Tower: Conical granite tower.
This light is operational
Date Established: 1844 Date Present Tower Built: 1844 Date Deactivated: 1954-1959 Fog Signal: One blast every 60 seconds. Current Use: Active aid to navigation. Open To Public? No. Museum?
A shore station with a signal tower on the Island of Tiree now serves as a museum with displays on the history of Skerryvore Lighthouse. See www.hebrideantrust.org/tiree.htm for more information.
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