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| Location | Eilean Musdile Firth of Lorn Scotland |
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| OS grid | NM7781235105 |
| Coordinates | 56°27′20″N5°36′27″W / 56.45556°N 5.60743°W /56.45556; -5.60743 |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1833 |
| Designed by | Robert Stevenson  |
| Construction | masonry tower |
| Automated | June 1965 |
| Height | 26 metres (85 ft) |
| Shape | cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern attached to 1-storey keeper's house |
| Markings | white tower and lantern, ochre trim |
| Operator | Northern Lighthouse Board[1][2] |
| Heritage | category A listed building |
| Light | |
| Focal height | 31 metres (102 ft) |
| Intensity | 71,000 candela |
| Range | 17 miles (27 km) |
| Characteristic | Fl W 10s. |
Eilean Musdile (Mansedale) is an islet, andlighthouse to the south west ofLismore in theInner Hebrides.
The island lies in the entrance toLoch Linnhe, separated from Lismore by a sound ¼ miles across.[3] It is a low-lying rock, ten acres (4.0 hectares) in size,[3] with some grass on it.CalMac ferries pass close to the island on their way fromOban toMull.
The lighthouse was built byRobert Stevenson in 1833 at a cost of £4260[4] and initially showed a fixed white light.[3] In 1910 most of the Northern Lighthouse Board's lights were changed todioptric orFresnel lenses but Lismore andFidra, in theFirth of Forth, were left as the only remaining purelycatoptric lights in the service.[3]
A Standing Stone once stood on the highest point of the island (NM779351). The 9-foot (2.7 m) monolith appears to have recorded the midwinter sunset[clarification needed] and is thought to have been removed during construction of the lighthouse.[5]
The skerry ofLady's Rock lies a short distance to the south west.
| Authority control databases: Lismore Lighthouse |
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56°27′26″N5°36′15″W / 56.45722°N 5.60417°W /56.45722; -5.60417
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