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Latitude: 55.6731 / 55°40'23"N
Longitude: -6.5132 / 6°30'47"W
OS Eastings: 116345
OS Northings: 651414
OS Grid: NR163514
Mapcode National: GBR BF9Q.9G7
Mapcode Global: WGYH8.XNMS
Plus Code: 9C7MMFFP+6P
Entry Name: Rhinns Of Islay Lighthouse, Orsay, Islay
Listing Name: Rhinns of Islay Lighthouse
Listing Date: 20 July 1971
Category: A
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 344579
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB11944
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Islay, Orsay, Rhinns Of Islay Lighthouse
ID on this website: 200344579
Location: Kilchoman
County: Argyll and Bute
Electoral Ward: Kintyre and the Islands
Parish: Kilchoman
Traditional County: Argyllshire
Tagged with: Lighthouse
1825. Robert Stevenson Engineer. Rubble. Tower in 5 stages;
string courses. Dioptric flashing light by Barbier and
Bernard, Paris, 1896. Cast-iron turnpike stair. Round-ended
vestibule at ground floor; platform roof. Flanked by 2 Keeper
Houses: Georgian; 1 storey; rubble; flat lead roofs;
octagonal chimneys.
Evidently the earliest lighthouse in Islay. Built for
Commissioners of Northern Lights.
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