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Rona lighthouse
Tower: Height: 13 metres, white tower
Elevation: 69 metres
Range: flashing white every 12 seconds, visible for 19 miles
This light is operational
built 1857 by David and Thomas Stevenson
Date automated: 1975
Current use: Active aid to navigation.
It is said that....
The tiny cottage by the slipway was occupied in 1840 by the
MacKenzies. One day, Kenneth MacKenzie was lost at sea but Janet,
his wife, would not believe it. So she put a light into the
cottage window to guide his boat back home. From then on she
did so night after night for twelve years but Kenneth would
not return. Anyway, Janet MacKenzie was given a grant of £
20,00 by the Commissioners because the light was of great assistance
to any boats coming into the harbour.
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| location |
north tip of the Isle of Rona,
north of the Isle of Raasay, Sound of Raasay, near the Isle
of Skye, at the West coast of Scotland
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| useful
links |
Northern
Lighthouse Board - Rona
Isle of
Rona website |
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