Mull of Galloway

Human settlement in Scotland

Mull of Galloway

* Scottish Gaelic: Maol nan Gall

Mull of Galloway headland

Mull of Galloway

Location within Dumfries and Galloway

OS grid reference| NX 15747 30411
• Edinburgh| 112 mi (180 km)
• London| 292 mi (470 km)
Council area|

* Dumfries and Galloway

Lieutenancy area|

* Wigtownshire

Country| Scotland
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| STRANRAER
Postcode district| DG9
Dialling code| 01776
UK Parliament|

* Dumfries and Galloway

Scottish Parliament|

* Galloway and West Dumfries

List of places

Scotland

54°38′06″N 4°51′23″W﻿ / ﻿54.635083°N 4.856336°W﻿ / 54.635083; -4.856336

The Mull of Galloway (Scottish Gaelic: Maol nan Gall, pronounced [mɯːlˠ̪ nəŋ ˈkaulˠ̪]; grid reference NX158303) is the southernmost point of Scotland. It is situated in Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway, at the end of the Rhins of Galloway peninsula, also being the most southerly hill.

The Mull has one of the last remaining sections of natural coastal habitat on the Galloway coast and as such supports a wide variety of plant and animal species. It is now a nature reserve managed by the RSPB. Mull means rounded headland or promontory.

The Mull of Galloway Trail, one of Scotland's Great Trails, is a 59 km (37 mi) long-distance footpath that runs from the Mull of Galloway via Stranraer to Glenapp near Ballantrae, where the trail links with the Ayrshire Coastal Path.[1]

## Lighthouse

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Lighthouse

Mull of Galloway Lighthouse

Lighthouse on the Mull of Galloway

Location| Mull of Galloway
Wigtownshire
Scotland
United Kingdom
OS grid| NX1569230398
Coordinates| 54°38′06″N 4°51′27″W﻿ / ﻿54.635005°N 4.857416°W﻿ / 54.635005; -4.857416
Tower
Constructed| 1830
Designed by| Robert Stevenson
Construction| masonry tower
Automated| 1988
Height| 26 metres (85 ft)
Shape| cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markings| white tower, black lantern, ochre trim
Operator| South Rhins Community Development Trust [2] [3]
Heritage| category A listed building
Light
Focal height| 99 metres (325 ft)
Range| 28 nautical miles (52 km; 32 mi)
Characteristic| Fl W 20s.

An active lighthouse is positioned at the point. Built in 1830 by engineer Robert Stevenson, the white-painted round tower is 26 metres (85 ft) high. The light is 99 metres (325 ft) above sea level and has a range of 28 nautical miles (52 km).[4] The lighthouse and lighthouse keepers' houses are designated as a Category A listed building.[5]

During World War II, on 8 June 1944 at 7.30 pm, a French member of the British Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA), Cladius Echallier, died by striking the Lighthouse in a Beaufighter, while making a low landfall from the Irish Sea.[6]

The lighthouse is now automatic, and an old outhouse has been converted into a visitor centre, run by the South Rhins Community Development Trust, a group of local people and businesses. In 2013 there was a community buyout and the Mull of Galloway Trust purchased land and buildings, with the exception of the tower, from Northern Lighthouse Board.

In 2004 a new café was built at the Mull of Galloway, called the "Gallie Craig". Its design incorporates into the landscape with a turf roof, giving views across to Northern Ireland and southwards to the Isle of Man.

## See also

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* List of extreme points of the United Kingdom
* List of lighthouses in Scotland
* List of Northern Lighthouse Board lighthouses
* Dunnet Head \- Scotland's most northerly point on the mainland
* Corrachadh Mòr \- Scotland's most westerly point on the mainland
* Keith Inch \- Scotland's most easterly point on the mainland

## References

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1. ^ "Mull of Galloway Trail". Scotland's Great Trails. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
2. ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Southwestern Scotland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
3. ^ Mull of Galloway Northern Lighthouse Board. Retrieved 16 May 2016
4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2009. Retrieved 30 December 2009.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
5. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Mull of Galloway Lighthouse, Lighthouse Keepers' Houses and boundary walls (Category A Listed Building LB13578)". Retrieved 11 April 2019.
6. ^ The Forgotten Pilots, Lettice Curtis, Page 153

## External links

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* Map sources for Mull of Galloway

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mull of Galloway.

* Northern Lighthouse Board
* Area website
* Webcam of the views from the lighthouse
* Profile on VisitScotland website

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Places in the Rhins of Galloway, Scotland

* North to South

* Kirkcolm
* Cairnryan
* Leswalt
* Stranraer
* Castle Kennedy
* Lochans
* Portpatrick
* Stoneykirk
* Sandhead
* Clachanmore
* Ardwell
* Port Logan
* Kirkmaiden
* Drummore
* Mull of Galloway

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Lighthouses of the Northern Lighthouse Board

Scotland
(except principal
island groups)|

* Ailsa Craig
* Ardnamurchan
* Bass Rock
* Bell Rock
* Buchan Ness
* Cape Wrath
* Chanonry
* Corran Point
* Corsewall
* Covesea Skerries
* Crammag Head
* Davaar
* Duncansby Head
* Dunnet Head
* Fidra
* Fife Ness
* Girdle Ness
* Holy Island (Outer)
* Inchkeith
* Isle of May
* Kinnaird Head
* Mull of Galloway
* Mull of Kintyre
* North Rona
* Noss Head
* Pladda
* Rattray Head
* Rubh Re
* St Abbs Head
* Sanda
* Scurdie Ness
* Stoer Head
* Strathy Point
* Stroma
* Sule Skerry
* Tarbat Ness
* Turnberry
* Minor lights

The Hebrides|

* Barra Head
* Butt of Lewis
* Dubh Artach
* Eilean Glas
* Flannan Islands
* Haskeir
* Hyskeir
* Lismore
* Monach
* Neist Point
* Ornsay
* Rinns of Islay
* Rubha nan Gall
* Rona Lighthouse
* 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
* Little Holm
* 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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RSPB reserves in Scotland

* Abernethy Forest
* Ailsa Craig
* Balranald Nature Reserve
* Coll
* Copinsay
* Corrimony
* Culbin Sands
* Dunnet Head
* Fetlar
* Fidra
* Forsinard Flows
* Fowlsheugh
* Glenborrodale
* Hoy
* Insh Marshes
* Inversnaid
* Loch Garten
* Loch Gruinart
* Loch of Strathbeg
* Loch Ruthven
* Lochs of Spiggie and Brow
* Lochwinnoch
* Mill Dam
* Mousa
* Mull of Galloway
* Nigg Bay
* The Oa
* Sumburgh Head
* Trumland

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