Neist Point Lighthouse

Neist Point Lighthouse
Neist Point Lighthouse
Location	Skye
Coordinates	57°25′24.06″N 6°47′20.22″W / 57.4233500°N 6.7889500°W / 57.4233500; -6.7889500Coordinates: 57°25′24.06″N 6°47′20.22″W / 57.4233500°N 6.7889500°W / 57.4233500; -6.7889500
Year first lit	1909
Automated	1990
Construction	White tower
Height	19 metres (62 ft)
Focal height	43 metres (141 ft)
Intensity	480,000 candlepower^[1]
Range	16 nautical miles
Characteristic	Fl. W 5 sec

Neist Point Lighthouse, designed by David Alan Stevenson, was first lit on 1 November 1909.^[2] An aerial cableway is used to take supplies to the lighthouse and cottages.

Since 1990, the lighthouse has been operated remotely from the Northern Lighthouse Board headquarters in Edinburgh. The former keepers' cottages are now in private ownership.

In 1971 the lighthouse was listed as a Category B listed building.^[3]

Notes

↑ Andrew Stables. "Neist Point and Lighthouse". Retrieved 15 January 2011.
↑ "Neist Point Lighthouse". Northern Lighthouse Board. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
↑ "Neist Point Lighthouse - Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 12 July 2013.

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