Lighthouses · Scottish Islands
Old Monach Lighthouse
Old Monach Lighthouse — lighthouse on Shillay, Monach Islands, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 30 min–1 h
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Old Monach Lighthouse is a working or historic lighthouse on the United Kingdom coast. Records date its origin to 1864. Constructed primarily of brick. Heritage designation: category B listed building. Managed by Northern Lighthouse Board. Wikidata describes it as: "lighthouse on Shillay, Monach Islands, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK". Coordinates: 57.5258°, -7.6960°.
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Heritage listing
Category B Date Added 05/10/1971 Local Authority Na h-Eileanan Siar Planning Authority Na h-Eileanan Siar Parish North Uist NGR NF 59282 62723 Coordinates 59282, 862723 — David & Thomas Stevenson, engineers, 1864. Battered, circular lighthouse tower with 2-storey, 3-bay, flat-roofed keeper's house at base. Brick (unpainted) with ashlar lintels and cills, some openings with ashlar dressings and brick relieving arches. Deep ashlar base course. LIGHTHOUSE: 7 vertically-aligned arrowslit windows, that to 3rd level in large blinded segmental-arched opening, further (8th) window off-set above, abutting band course and jettied ironwork walkway and parapet. Lantern above with diagonal astragals and finialled domed cap. KEEPER'S HOUSE: link bay projecting from base of tower to rectangular-plan house with single storey flat-roofed wing to right and lean-to wing (roofless) to left; blocked openings to each floor. Flat-coped ashlar stacks with full-complement of polygonal cans. BOUNDARY WALLS AND GATEPIERS: coped rubble boundary walls with square-section, pyramidally-coped ashlar gatepiers. D — Discontinued service 1942, the lens has been removed but the apparatus has been retained. A modern light no replaces the function fulfilled by the Monach Lighthouse. Monach, Ardnamurchan, and Butt of Lewis lighthouses are the only ones in Scotland built in brick. The lighthouse is sited south-south-west of North Uist, on Shillay.
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Place summary
Old Monach Lighthouse is a Victorian lighthouse located in the Scottish Highlands. Established in 1864, it is a Category B listed building and is operated by the Northern Lighthouse Board.
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- Coordinates
- 57.5258, -7.6960
- Established
- 1864
Sources
- wikidata: Q3739794 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Monach Lighthouse (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Shillaylighthouses.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Old Monach Lighthouse?
- Old Monach Lighthouse is in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom.
- What is Old Monach Lighthouse?
- Old Monach Lighthouse — lighthouse on Shillay, Monach Islands, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK.
- How do I get to Old Monach Lighthouse?
- Its coordinates are 57.5258°, -7.6960°.
- When was Old Monach Lighthouse built?
- Built or established in 1864.
- Who runs Old Monach Lighthouse?
- Old Monach Lighthouse is operated by Northern Lighthouse Board.
- Is Old Monach Lighthouse a listed building?
- Old Monach Lighthouse is officially recognised as category B listed building listed.
- Is Old Monach Lighthouse free to visit?
- Yes, Old Monach Lighthouse is free to enter.