Toward Point
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Toward Point is the southern extremity of the Cowal peninsula, near the village of Toward and six miles south of Dunoon, Argyll, Scotland. There has been a lighthouse here since 1812. The location is the south-west extreme point of the Highland Boundary Fault as it crosses the Scottish mainland.[1]
Lighthouse
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Toward Point Lighthouse and Foghorn Building
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| Location | Cowal peninsula |
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| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Year first lit | 1812 |
| Construction | White circular tower |
| Range | 22 nautical miles |
| Characteristic | Fl. W 10sec |
Toward Point Lighthouse was completed in 1812. It was built by Robert Stevenson (1772 - 1850) for the Cumbrae Lighthouse Trust.[2] Two lighthouse keepers' houses were added in the later 1800s. A white building on the foreshore housed the foghorn mechanism, originally a steam engine and then diesel engines. The foghorn was taken out of operation in the 1990s.[3] Today the buildings are a private home and not open to the public.
