Weavers Point

Weavers Point (Scottish Gaelic: Rubha an Fhigheadair) is a headland to the north of the entrance to Loch Maddy, on the north eastern coastline of North Uist in the Western Isles of Scotland.[1] There has been a lighthouse on the headland since 1980.[2]

## Lighthouse

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Lighthouse

Weavers Point Lighthouse

Location| North Uist
Scotland
United Kingdom
Coordinates| 57°36′29.6″N 7°05′59.4″W﻿ / ﻿57.608222°N 7.099833°W﻿ / 57.608222; -7.099833
Tower
Constructed| 1980
Foundation| reinforced concrete
Construction| metal skeletal tower
Automated| 1980
Height| 20 metres (66 ft)
Shape| square tower covered by aluminium panels with balcony and light on the top
Markings| white tower
Operator| Northern Lighthouse Board
Light
First lit| 1980
Focal height| 20 metres (66 ft)
Range| 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi)[3]
Characteristic| Fl W 3s

The light is modern construction established in 1980. It is a skeletal tower covered by aluminium panels with the light on the top, the characteristic light is not available.

## See also

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* Scotland portal
* Engineering portal

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

## References

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1. ^ "Weaver's Point". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
2. ^ "Weavers Point Lighthouse". Northern Lighthouse Board. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
3. ^ Weavers Point Northern Lighthouse Board. The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 257 May 2016

## External links

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* Northern Lighthouse Board
* Picture of Weavers Point Lighthouse

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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)

Authority control databases: Weavers Point Lighthouse |

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* Admiralty: A3996
* NGA

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