Corran Point Lighthouse | |
Location: | Corran Point Highland Scotland United Kingdom |
Coordinates: | 56.7209°N -5.2423°W |
Yearbuilt: | 1860 |
Automated: | 1898 (the first to be automated) |
Construction: | masonry tower |
Shape: | cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern |
Marking: | white tower, black lantern, ochre trim |
Height: | 13m (43feet) |
Focalheight: | 12m (39feet) |
Range: | white: red: green: [1] |
Characteristic: | Iso WRG 4s. |
Managingagent: | Northern Lighthouse Board[2] |
Corran Point Lighthouse is an active lighthouse located at Corran Point on the west side of the Narrows of Loch Linnhe, in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland. It was built in 1860 as a project by Thomas Stevenson and David Stevenson; it is a masonry tower with gallery, lantern and keeper's house which has become private property. The lighthouse emits an isophase light white, red or green according to the directions and was the first lighthouse to be automated in 1898.