Ardmore, Barra Explained

Official Name:Ardmhor
Gaelic Name:Aird Mhòr
Coordinates:57.01°N -7.4°W
Country:Scotland
Os Grid Reference:NF721037
Post Town:ISLE OF BARRA
Postcode Area:HS
Postcode District:HS9
Dial Code:01871
Constituency Westminster:Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Unitary Scotland:Na h-Eileanan Siar
Lieutenancy Scotland:Western Isles
Constituency Scottish Parliament:Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Qid:Q28465879
Ardmore Point Lighthouse
Location:Ardmore Point
Barra
Outer Hebrides
Scotland
United Kingdom
Coordinates:56.656°N -6.1286°W
Yearbuilt:1958 (first)
Yearlit:2003 (current)
Automated:2003
Yeardeactivated:2003 (first)
Construction:metal skeletal tower
Shape:quadrangular tower with aluminium panels as daymark
Marking:white tower
Height:5m (16feet)
Focalheight:18m (59feet)
Characteristic:Fl (2) W 10s.
Managingagent:Northern Lighthouse Board[1] [2]

Ardmhor (Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: Aird Mhòr) is a small village in the north east of the Isle of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland.

In 2002 a small ferry port was built in the village to serve a new ferry link between Barra and Eriskay as part of the Sound of Barra Integrated Transport Project. The ferry service started in spring 2003. A causeway had previously been built linking Eriskay to South Uist. The daily service on the MV Loch Alainn has frequent sailings; the crossing takes approximately 40 minutes. Since 2016, when the Oban–Lochboisdale service ceased, it is the only ferry between Barra and South Uist.

Note that the correct location for the port is as follows, rather than at Aird Mhidhinis as shown on some printed Ordnance Survey maps.

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Notes and References

  1. 2016-05-21.
  2. http://www.nlb.org.uk/LighthouseLibrary/Lighthouse/Ardmore/ Ardmore