Dubh Artach (/duː ˈɑːrtɑːx/; Scottish Gaelic: [t̪uh ˈarˠʃt̪əx]) is a remote skerry of basalt rock off the west coast of Scotland lying 18 miles (29 km)...
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completion in 1857. Brebner was also resident engineer for Thomas Stevenson's Dubh Artach lighthouse from 1867 to 1872. Workman's cottages were built on the islet...
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The island features a disused signal station for the lighthouses on Dubh Artach and Skerryvore and a row of cottages built for the lighthouse keepers...
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outlying rock lighthouses are also visible from the southwest of Mull: Dubh Artach and Skerryvore. The Torran Rocks are a large shoal of reefs, islets,...
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Fowlsheugh in northeast Scotland; numerous reefs in the Hebrides such as Dubh Artach and Skerryvore; and The Skerries, located off the Antrim coast of Northern...
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end of the Lecale Peninsula St John's Rock, a 19th-century name for Dubh Artach, Scotland St John's Town of Dalry, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland St...
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Environment Scotland. http://www.nlb.org.uk/LighthouseLibrary/Lighthouse/Dubh-Artach/ "Listed building details (number=LB1890)". Historic Environment Scotland...
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Atlantic Ocean and including those at: Skye St Kilda Ardnamurchan Rùm Dubh Artach Isle of Mull Isle of Arran Lundy Anton Dohrn Seamount Rosemary Bank The...
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is as a location in the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Remote Dubh Artach and Skerryvore are the sites of two unmanned lighthouses; the latter...
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of small islands may be no less complex and elusive. In relation to Dubh Artach, Robert Louis Stevenson believed that "black and dismal" was one translation...
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were less than half the height of the base of the later light at nearby Dubh Artach. Nonetheless, the structure would weigh 4,308 long tons (4,377 tonnes)...
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Carsaig Island Coiresa Coll Colonsay Craro Island Island of Danna Dubh Artach Dubh Sgeir Eagamol Eag na Maoile Easdale Eilean a' Chalmain Eilean a' Chùirn...
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Lighthouses are sited as an aid to navigation at various locations. Dubh Artach lighthouse is located on a remote rock and warns seafarers away from...
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Dunnet Head (1831) Girdle Ness (1833) Barra Head (1833) Lismore (1833) Dubh Artach (1872) Annan Bridge Hutcheson Bridge, Glasgow Marykirk Bridge Regent...
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1859, Carraig Fhada at Port Ellen, which has an unusual design, and Dubh Artach, an isolated rock tower some 35 km (22 mi) northwest of Ruvaal. Since...
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is Gaelic for "island". However, Inistrynich, Eilean na Maodail, Eilean Dubh and Liever Island are all promontories on Loch Awe as opposed to islands...
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Auskerry (1866) Lochindaal (1869) Scurdie Ness (1870) Stoer Head (1870) Dubh Artach (1872) Turnberry (1873) Chicken Rock (1875) Lindisfarne (1877, 1880)...
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Auskerry (1866) Lochindaal (1869) Scurdie Ness (1870) Stour Head (1870) Dubh Artach (1872) Turnberry Point (1873) Chicken Rock (1875) Lindisfarne (1877,...
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Drvenik Mali Adriatic Sea Croatia Drvenik Veliki Adriatic Sea Croatia Dubh Artach Inner Hebrides Scotland Ducie Pitcairn Islands British overseas territories...
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Iona, Erraid and Inch Kenneth. Further out are the Torran Rocks and the Dubh Artach lighthouse, which are also within the civil parish. Loch na Lathaich...
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Drumlemble Druim Leamhan Elm ridge City Drumoak Druim M'Aodhaig City Dubh Artach Dubh Artach City Dufftown Baile Bhainidh City Dumbarton Dùn Breata(i)nn Fortress...
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project, they were also involved in the building of the lighthouse on Dubh Artach in Scotland. Construction finished in December 1874, with the first official...
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Belnahua and to the north west are Eilean Dubh Mor and the Garvellachs. Due west there is only Dubh Artach lighthouse between Lunga and the open Atlantic...
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Between 1867 and 1872 a lighthouse was built on the isolated reef of Dubh Artach, some 16 km (10 mi) southwest, in response to the hazards these rocks...
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and painted a view of his house at Swanston, and the construction of Dubh Artach lighthouse. The engineering work for the latter was undertaken by the...
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Sandaig Sgeir Bhuidhe Sula Sgeir Turnberry Barra Head Butt of Lewis Dubh Artach Eilean Glas Flannan Islands Haskeir Lighthouse [Wikidata] Hyskeir Lismore...
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Tarbat Ness Turnberry Minor lights The Hebrides Barra Head Butt of Lewis Dubh Artach Eilean Glas Flannan Islands Haskeir Hyskeir Lismore Monach Neist Point...
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"Saint Louis" to Africa. Maria United Kingdom The schooner sank off Dubh Artach, Argyllshire. Her crew were resched. She was on a voyage from Runcorn...
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Bridge, Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 18 May 2010. "Dubh Loch Bridge, Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 18 May...
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11°W / 57.19; -02.11 NJ9312 Dubh Artach Argyll and Bute 56°08′N 6°38′W / 56.13°N 06.63°W / 56.13; -06.63 NM122029 Dubh Eilean Argyll and Bute 56°01′N...
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