Dunollie Lighthouse

Heritage listing

Category C Date Added 04/12/2020 Local Authority Argyll And Bute Planning Authority Argyll And Bute Parish Kilmore And Kilbride NGR NM 85226 31080 Coordinates 185226, 731080 — Dunollie Lighthouse was built in 1891-1892 by the Northern Lighthouse Board under the supervision of their engineers David A. Stevenson and Charles Stevenson. The lighthouse is a minor light, located 400m to the south of Dunollie Castle, on the shorefront at the northern edge of the town of Oban. It marks the northern channel entrance to Oban Bay and the Sound of Kerrera, a sheltered seaway separating the island of Kerrera from the mainland. The lighthouse stands around 7m above mean sea level within an enclosure of wrought iron railings. The lighthouse building is a small circular stone tower with battered walls, measuring 6m in height. The tower is built of dark rubble whinstone. A top course of protruding boulders forms a parapet that supports a circular gallery around the lantern, enclosed by a galvanised safety barrier. A metal ladder provides access from ground level on the east side of the building, to the lantern gallery. On top of the gallery roof, there is a hexagonal-shaped white lantern with rectangular windows facing out to sea and a colimiting screen to restrict the angle of the light. Legal exclusions In accordance with Section 1 (4A) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997 the following are excluded from the listing: the metal railings surrounding the lighthouse. Historical development During the late 19 th century, growing use of Oban Harbour by both commercial and yachting traffic, brought about calls for improved lighting and buoyage marking the northern entrance to Oban Harbour. On 5 November 1886, initial representations were first made to

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.