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Ornsay lighthouse

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Ornsay lighthouse

Tower height: 19 metres, white conical tower

Elevation: 18 metres

Range: 2 white flashes every 7 seconds, visible for 12 miles

This light is operational

built 1857 by David and Thomas Stevenson

Date automated: 1962

Current use: Active aid to navigation
   
location

on "Eilean Sionnach" in the Sound of Sleat, between the Isle of Skye and the mainland, near the beautiful village of Isleornsay

useful links
Northern Lighthouse Board - Ornsay lighthouse


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