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Latitude: 57.2777 / 57°16'39"N
Longitude: -5.7425 / 5°44'32"W
OS Eastings: 174508
OS Northings: 826990
OS Grid: NG745269
Mapcode National: GBR D96H.2G5
Mapcode Global: WH0B5.RBPN
Plus Code: 9C9P77H5+32
Entry Name: Kyleakin Lighthouse, Eilean Ban
Listing Name: Eilean Ban, Kyleakin Lighthouse
Listing Date: 25 March 1971
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 338756
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB6994
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200338756
Location: Lochalsh
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: Eilean á Chèo
Parish: Lochalsh
Tagged with: Lighthouse
D & T Stevenson, 1857. 70ft circular tower supporting light on rocky promontory, linked to keepers' houses by 5-span, plate-iron access bridge and concrete causeway. Single-storey pair of former keepers' houses, white harled with contrasting margins.
The Kyleakin Lighthouse is a fine example of its type, prominent located on the small island of Eilean Ban in the Kyle of Lochalsh. Built in 1857 by renowned Scottish lighthouse designers David and Thomas Stevenson, it was one of the first of its kind to use a fixed condensing light. It became automated in 1960 at which time it was converted to run on acetylene gas.
The lighthouse is linked by access bridge and causeway to a pair of single-storey, back-to-back, former keepers' houses. The island was bought by author and naturalist Gavin Maxwell in 1963 and the keeper's houses were more recently restored as a warden's residence and museum. The lighthouse was decommissioned in 1993. The island now acts as a support for the Skye Road Bridge, completed in 1995.
Formerly listed as 'Kyle Lighthouse, Eilean Ban'; address amended 2010.
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