Eilean Glas Lighthouse is on the east coast of the island of Scalpay in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It was one of the original four lights commissioned...
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Eilean Glas is a peninsula of Scalpay in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Eilean Glas is home to a historic lighthouse. Eilean Glas means Grey/Green Island...
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coast: Dioraigh, Eilean à Mhadaidh, Eilean Ban, Eilean Ornais, Eilean na h-Airde Mhoire, Gasaigh, Glas-Eileanan, Luirsaigh Dubh, Luirsaigh Glas, Orasaigh, Sioloagh...
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1823) Eilean Glas Lighthouse, Scalpay (Rebuild, 1824) Rinns of Islay, Orsay, Inner Hebrides (1825) Buchan Ness (1827) Pentland Skerries Lighthouse, Pentland...
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uk/LighthouseLibrary/Lighthouse/Eilean-Glas/ http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB8997 https://www.nlb.org.uk/LighthouseLibrary/Lighthouse/Fidra/ MarineTraffic...
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Eilean Glas Flannan Islands Haskeir Lighthouse [Wikidata] Hyskeir Lismore Monach Neist Point Ornsay Beacon [Wikidata] Rinns of Islay Rona Lighthouse Ruvaal...
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Glas Loch nan Uamh: Am Fraoch-eilean, An Garbh-eilean, An Glas-eilean, Còrr Eilean, Eilean à Ghaill, Eilean Aird nam Bùth, Eilean an t-Snidhe, Eilean...
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Thomas Smith (engineer) (category Lighthouse builders)
Kinnaird Head Mull of Kintyre North Ronaldsay Eilean Glas Pladda Pentland Skerries Cloch Point Inchkeith Start Point, Sanday Little Cumbrae Thomas Smith...
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Aoghainn Eilean Beith Eilean Buidhe Eilean Dubh Eilean Grianain Eilean Math-ghamhna Eilean Mòr Eilean Munde Eilean nam Meann Glas Eilean Gluniform Island Henrietta...
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around coastal areas. Kinnaird Head Mull of Kintyre North Ronaldsay Eilean Glas The NLB was formed by Act of Parliament in 1786 as the Commissioners...
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The Minch (section Lighthouses)
by Weavers Point, Eilean Glas, Tiumpan Head and Butt of Lewis. To the east are Rubha Réidh, Stoer Head and Cape Wrath lighthouses. A buoy marks Eugenie...
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Outer Hebrides (redirect from Eilean Siar)
sometimes known as the Long Isle or Long Island (Scottish Gaelic: an t-Eilean Fada), is an island chain off the west coast of mainland Scotland. The islands...
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despite their names. Likewise Eilean Aoidhe on Loch Fyne. The Black Isle is also An t-Eilean Dubh in Gaelic, while Eilean Glas is part of Scalpay. "-holm"...
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An Garbh-eilean, Na Glas Leacan, Eilean Dubh, Clach Bheag na Faraid, Clach Mhòr na Faraid, Àigeach, Eilean Polsain, Boursa Island, Glas-eilean Mòr, Garbh-eilean...
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Head Lighthouse on Barra Head identifies the southern entrance to The Minch, roughly halfway between the Eilean Glas and Rinns of Islay lighthouses. The...
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List of Category A listed buildings in the Western Isles (redirect from List of Category A listed buildings in Eilean Siar)
Functional architecture includes three important lighthouses, including Eilean Glas, the first lighthouse in the Western Isles. More prosaic building types...
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Dubh Sgeir, Eilean Loisgte, Fraoch Eilean (2), Funaich Mhòr, Glas Eilean, Rubh Aird Luing, Sgeir Bhuidhe Torsa: Eilean Fraoch, Glas Eilean, Torsa Beag...
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(Portavadie), Eilean Fraoch, Eilean Math-ghamhna, Eilean Mór, Glas Eilean, Heather Island, Inverneil Island, Kilbride Island, and Liath Eilean. There are...
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Grid Ref. Geo-coordinates Notes LB Number Image Scalpay, Eilean Glas Lighthouse, Old Lighthouse, Store And Enclosure Wall, Keeper's Cottages, Outbuildings...
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the Fir Bhreige standing stones. Eilean Glas a tiny peninsula on Scalpay's eastern shore is home to the first lighthouse to be built in the Outer Hebrides...
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trace, reported missing. Unnamed Norway The barque foundered off the Eilean Glas Lighthouse, Scalpay, Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom. Her crew survived....
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Turnberry Lighthouse, or Turnberry Point Lighthouse, is a category B listed minor light on the South Ayrshire coast of Scotland. It was designed by David...
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remains of the fort still visible. Eilean Glas, a tiny peninsula on Scalpay's eastern shore, is home to the first lighthouse to be built in the Outer Hebrides...
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Barra Head (section Lighthouse)
Barra Head Lighthouse identifies the southern entrance to The Minch, roughly halfway between the Eilean Glas and Rinns of Islay lighthouses. The 58-foot...
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North Rona (redirect from North Rona Lighthouse)
unnamed German tourist visiting in 1921 spoke of landing several times at Glas Uig (near Ardtalla) whilst serving in a U-boat. In terms of the probability...
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service. Die Heimath Germany The barque struck a sunken rock off the Eilean Glas Lighthouse, Outer Hebrides and was holed. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia...
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Millidge United Kingdom The barque struck a sunken rock off the Eilean Glas Lighthouse and broke her back. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Liverpool...
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Gulf when the outboard motor fell off the boat. The nephew rowed them to Eilean Mòr, where the boat overturned as they were disembarking; the group was...
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across to Mull. The first island is Eilean Rubha an Ridire, the second is Glas Eileanan that contains a lighthouse that is in mid-channel, then the rocks...
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Sound of Jura (section Ruadh Sgeir Lighthouse)
Jura, Carsaig Bay Dubh Sgeir The sound of Jura Ruadh Sgeir Lighthouse Skervuile lighthouse "The Corryvreckan Whirlpool – Scotland's maelstrom". "Crinan...
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