List of Northern Lighthouse Board lighthouses

This is a list of the currently operational lighthouses of the Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB). The list is divided by geographical location, and then by whether the lighthouses are classed by the NLB as a 'major lighthouse' or a 'minor light'. Former NLB lighthouses now disposed of are not included in the list.

Scotland (except principal island groups)

Major lighthouses

Name	Area	Built
Ailsa Craig Lighthouse	South Ayrshire	1886
Ardnamurchan Lighthouse	Highland	1849
Bell Rock Lighthouse	Angus	1810
Buchan Ness Lighthouse	Boddam	1827^[1]
Cape Wrath Lighthouse	Highland	1828^[2]
Chanonry Lighthouse	Chanonry Point	1846^[3]
Corsewall Lighthouse	Dumfries and Galloway	1816
Covesea Skerries Lighthouse	Lossiemouth	1846
Crammag Head Lighthouse	Dumfries and Galloway	1913
Davaar Lighthouse	Argyll and Bute	1854^[4]
Duncansby Head Lighthouse	Duncansby Head	1924
Dunnet Head Lighthouse	Dunnet Head	1831^[5]
Fidra Lighthouse	East Lothian^[6]	1885^[7]
Fife Ness Lighthouse	Fife Ness	1975^[8]
Girdleness Lighthouse	Aberdeen	1833^[9]
Holy Isle Inner Lighthouse	North Ayrshire	1877
Holy Isle Outer Lighthouse	North Ayrshire	1905
Inchkeith Lighthouse	Fife	1804^[10]
Isle of May Lighthouse	Fife^[11]	1816^[12]
Kinnaird Head Lighthouses	Kinnaird Head
Mull of Galloway Lighthouse	Mull of Galloway	1830
Mull of Kintyre Lighthouse	Mull of Kintyre, Southend	1788^[13]
North Rona Lighthouse	Outer Hebrides	1984
Noss Head Lighthouse	Highland	1849^[14]
Pladda Lighthouse	North Ayrshire	1790^[15]
Rattray Head lighthouse	Rattray Head	1895^[16]
Rua Reidh Lighthouse	Highland	1912^[17]^[18]
St. Abbs Lighthouse	Berwickshire	1862^[19]
Sanda Island Lighthouse	Argyll and Bute	1850^[20]
Scurdie Ness Lighthouse	Scurdie Ness	1870^[9]
Stoer Head Lighthouse	Stoer Head, Lochinver	1870^[21]
Strathy Point Lighthouse	Highland	1958^[22]
Stroma Lighthouse	Caithness	1890
Sule Skerry Lighthouse	Orkney Islands	1895^[23]
Tarbat Ness Lighthouse	Highland^[24]	1830^[25]

Minor lights

Ardtornish
Bass Rock
Cailleach Head
Cairnbulg Briggs
Corran Narrows North East
Corran Point
Craigton Point
Dunollie
Elie Ness
Hestan Island
Holy Island (Inner)
Lady Isle
Little Ross
Little Ross Beacon
Loch Eriboll
Loch Ryan
Longman Point
Oban NLB Pier
Sandaig
Sgeir Bhuidhe
Sula Sgeir
Turnberry

The Hebrides

Major lighthouses

Minor lights

An T-Iasgair
Ardmore
Ardtreck
Bunessan
Cabbage North
Cabbage South
Cairn na Burgh More
Cairns of Coll
Calvay
Canna
Carragh an t'Sruith
Carragh Mhor
Channel Rock (Castlebay)
Crowlin
Drowning Rock
Duart Point
Dubh Sgeir (Castlebay)
Dubh Sgeir (Kerrera)
Dubh Sgeir (Leverburgh)
Dubh Sgeir (Luing)
Dunvegan
Eigg
Eight Metre Rock
Eilean a Chuirn
Eilean Bàn
Eilean nan Gabhar
Eilean Trodday
Eileanan Dubha
Eyre Point
Fladda
Gamhna Gigha
The Garvellachs
Gasay Island
Gasker
Green Island
Grey Rocks
Janes Tower
Kyle Rhea
L2
L2a
Lady Rock
Leverburgh (Front)
Leverburgh (Rear)
Loch Indaal (Rubh an Duin)
McArthur's Head
Milaid Point
Na Cuiltean
Narstay
North Spit Of Kerrera
Ornsay Beacon
Port Ellen Sector
Red Rock
Reisa an T-struith
Ruadh Sgeir
Rubh'a Chruidh
Rubh Glas (Front)
Rubh Glas (Rear)
Rubh Uisenis
Rubha nan Gall
Scalasaig
Sgeir Chruaidh
Sgeir-na-Cailleach
Skervuile
Sleat Point
Vaternish
Weavers Point

Orkney

Major lighthouses

Auskerry
Brough of Birsay
Cantick Head
Copinsay
Hoy Sound (High)
Hoy Sound (Low)
North Ronaldsay
Noup Head
Pentland Skerries
Start Point
Tor Ness

Minor lights

Shetland

Major lighthouses

Minor lights

Isle of Man

Major lighthouses

Minor lights

Langness
Thousla Rock

References

"Northern Lighthouse Board: Lighthouses". Northern Lighthouse Board. Archived from the original on 4 June 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
The Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses' Aids to Navigation Map 2012

[WD59550e6d-1] ttp://www.nlb.org.uk/LighthouseLibrary/Lighthouse/Buchan-Ness/

[WD5b1c60b3-2] ttp://www.nlb.org.uk/LighthouseLibrary/Lighthouse/Cape-Wrath/

[WD20b26895-3] ttp://www.nlb.org.uk/LighthouseLibrary/Lighthouse/Chanonry/

[WD8eb1e629-4] ttps://www.nlb.org.uk/LighthouseLibrary/Lighthouse/Davaar/

[WD6942860f-5] ttps://www.nlb.org.uk/LighthouseLibrary/Lighthouse/Dunnet-Head/

[WD9935d2a3-6] ttp://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB1336

[WD6d19b803-7] ttps://www.nlb.org.uk/LighthouseLibrary/Lighthouse/Fidra/

[WD55ccf7b3-8] ttps://www.nlb.org.uk/LighthouseLibrary/Lighthouse/Fife-Ness/

[Q5032525-9] 
Wikidata Q5032525

[WDc4085ab2-10] ttps://www.nlb.org.uk/LighthouseLibrary/Lighthouse/Inchkeith/

[WD38dd3177-11] ttp://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB2712

[WDc57f03f4-12] ttp://www.nlb.org.uk/LighthouseLibrary/Lighthouse/Isle-of-May/

[WDf060f69e-13] ttps://www.nlb.org.uk/LighthouseLibrary/Lighthouse/Mull-of-Kintyre/

[WD86c8c3d7-14] ttps://www.nlb.org.uk/LighthouseLibrary/Lighthouse/Noss-Head/

[WD188169e4-15] ttps://www.nlb.org.uk/LighthouseLibrary/Lighthouse/Pladda/

[WD21e2e187-16] ttps://www.nlb.org.uk/LighthouseLibrary/Lighthouse/Rattray-Head/

[WDa516e2a7-17] ttp://www.nlb.org.uk/LighthouseLibrary/Lighthouse/Rubh-Re/

[WDde68635e-18] ttps://canmore.org.uk/site/267701/rubha-reidh-lighthouse

[WD00c214ce-19] ttps://canmore.org.uk/site/78115/st-abbs-head-lighthouse

[WD0d1993c2-20] ttp://www.nlb.org.uk/LighthouseLibrary/Lighthouse/Sanda/

[WD025228ee-21] ttps://www.nlb.org.uk/LighthouseLibrary/Lighthouse/Stoer-Head/

[WDb9a22e02-22] ttps://www.nlb.org.uk/LighthouseLibrary/Lighthouse/Strathy-Point/

[WD9bcca282-23] ttp://www.nlb.org.uk/Lighthouse.aspx?id=849

[WDcfdc79b1-24] ttp://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB14100

[WD8e76d3a0-25] ttps://www.nlb.org.uk/LighthouseLibrary/Lighthouse/Tarbat-Ness/

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v t e Lighthouses of the Northern Lighthouse Board
Scotland (except principal island groups)	Ailsa Craig Ardnamurchan Bass Rock Bell Rock Buchan Ness Cape Wrath Chanonry Corran Point Corsewall Covesea Skerries Crammag Head Davaar Duncansby Head Dunnet Head Fidra Fife Ness Girdle Ness Holy Island (Outer) Inchkeith Isle of May Kinnaird Head Mull of Galloway Mull of Kintyre North Rona Noss Head Pladda Rattray Head Rubh Re St Abbs Head Sanda Scurdie Ness Stoer Head Strathy Point Stroma Sule Skerry Tarbat Ness Turnberry Minor lights
The Hebrides	Barra Head Butt of Lewis Dubh Artach Eilean Glas Flannan Islands Haskeir Hyskeir Lismore Monach Neist Point Ornsay Rinns of Islay Rubha nan Gall Rona Ruvaal Scarinish Skerryvore Tiumpan Head Ushenish Minor lights
Orkney	Auskerry Brough of Birsay Cantick Head Copinsay Hoy Sound (High) Hoy Sound (Low) North Ronaldsay Noup Head Pentland Skerries Start Point Tor Ness Minor lights
Shetland	Bressay Eshaness Fair Isle North Fair Isle South Firths Voe Foula Hoo Stack Little Holm Muckle Flugga Out Skerries Point of Fethaland Sumburgh Head Ve Skerries Minor lights
Isle of Man	Chicken Rock Douglas Head Langness (minor light) Maughold Head Point of Ayre Thousla Rock (minor light)

Scotland (except principal island groups)

Major lighthouses

Minor lights

The Hebrides

Major lighthouses

Minor lights

Orkney

Major lighthouses

Minor lights

Shetland

Major lighthouses

Minor lights

Isle of Man

Major lighthouses

Minor lights

See also

References