Ardnamurchan Lighthouse

Ardnamurchan Lighthouse
*Àird Nam Murchan*
	Ardnamurchan Lighthouse
	Scotland
Location	Lochaber; Scotland; United Kingdom
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Year first constructed	1849
Automated	1988
Construction	granite tower
Tower shape	cylindrical tower with nalcony and lantern attached to 1-storey keeper's house
Markings / pattern	unpainted grey tower, black lantern
Height	36 metres (118 ft)
Focal height	55 metres (180 ft)
Range	24 nautical miles (44 km; 28 mi)
Characteristic	Fl (2) W 20s.
Admiralty number	A4082
NGA number	4016
ARLHS number	SCO-005
Managing agent	Ardnamurchan Lighthouse Trust

Ardnamurchan Lighthouse is a 36-metre-tall (118 ft), pink granite tower lighthouse built in 1849 by Alan Stevenson.^[3] It is the only lighthouse in the UK built in the Egyptian style.^[4] The light was automated in 1988 and is now operated remotely by the Northern Lighthouse Board from Edinburgh.^[3]

The former keepers' cottages and outbuildings are owned by the Ardnamurchan Lighthouse Trust and operated as a visitor centre,^[3]^[5] with a museum called the 'Kingdom of Light' - Rioghachd na Sorcha. Exhibits detail the history and operations of the lighthouse, including access to the restored engine room and workshop with the original fog horn. Other displays include the geology and natural history of the area, and local social history and culture.

The last part of the computer game Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened takes place in this lighthouse.

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↑ Ardnamurchan Lighthouse The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 8 May 2016
↑ Ardnamurchan Lighthouse Northern Lighthouse Board. Retrieved 8 May 2016
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[1] Ardnamurchan Lighthouse The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 8 May 2016

[2] Ardnamurchan Lighthouse Northern Lighthouse Board. Retrieved 8 May 2016

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v t e Lighthouses of the Northern Lighthouse Board
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The Hebrides	Barra Head Butt of Lewis Dubh Artach Eilean Glas Flannan Islands Haskeir Hyskeir Lismore Monach Neist Point Ornsay Rinns of Islay Rona Ruvaal Scarinish Skerryvore Tiumpan Head Ushenish Minor lights
Orkney	Auskerry Brough of Birsay Cantick Head Copinsay Hoy Sound (High) Hoy Sound (Low) North Ronaldsay Noup Head Pentland Skerries Start Point Tor Ness Minor lights
Shetland	Bressay Eshaness Fair Isle North Fair Isle South Firths Voe Foula Hoo Stack Muckle Flugga Out Skerries Point of Fethaland Sumburgh Head Ve Skerries Minor lights
Isle of Man	Chicken Rock Douglas Head Langness (minor light) Maughold Head Point of Ayre Thousla Rock (minor light)

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