Eilean Musdile

Lighthouse

Lismore Lighthouse
Eilean Musdile

The lighthouse on Eilean Musdile from the Oban to Craignure ferry.

Location| Eilean Musdile
Firth of Lorn
Scotland
OS grid| NM7781235105
Coordinates| 56°27′20.1″N 5°36′26.6″W﻿ / ﻿56.455583°N 5.607389°W﻿ / 56.455583; -5.607389Coordinates: 56°27′20.1″N 5°36′26.6″W﻿ / ﻿56.455583°N 5.607389°W﻿ / 56.455583; -5.607389
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, and lighthouse to the south west of Lismore in the Inner Hebrides.

The island lies in the entrance to Loch 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 from Oban to Mull.

The lighthouse was built by Robert 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 to dioptric or Fresnel lenses but Lismore and Fidra, in the Firth of Forth, were left as the only remaining purely catoptric 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 of Lady's Rock lies a short distance to the south west.

## See also[edit]

* Scotland portal
* Engineering portal

* List of lighthouses in Scotland
* List of Northern Lighthouse Board lighthouses

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Scotland: Argyll and Bute". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
2. ^ Lismore Northern Lighthouse Board. Retrieved 19 May 2016
3. ^ a b c d "History of Lismore Lighthouse". Northern Lighthouse Board. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
4. ^ "Lismore Lighthouse". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
5. ^ "Eilean Musdile Standing Stone". The Northern Antiquarian. Retrieved 1 November 2008.

## External links[edit]

* Northern Lighthouse Board

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