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Eilean Musdile

Archaeological sites in the Northern Inner HebridesArgyll and Bute geography stubsCategory A listed lighthousesEuropean lighthouse stubsLighthouses of Scottish islands
Lismore, ScotlandUnited Kingdom building and structure stubsUse British English from February 2017Works of Robert Stevenson (civil engineer)
Eilean Musdile lighthouse 2017 05 19
Eilean Musdile lighthouse 2017 05 19

Eilean Musdile (Mansedale) is an islet, and lighthouse to the south west of Lismore in the Inner Hebrides. The island lies in the entrance to Loch Linnhe, separated from Lismore by a sound ¼ miles across. It is a low-lying rock, ten acres (4.0 hectares) in size, with some grass on it. CalMac ferries pass close to the island on their way from Oban to Mull. The lighthouse was built by Robert Stevenson in 1833 at a cost of £4260 and initially showed a fixed white light. In 1910 most of the Northern Lighthouse Board's lights were changed to dioptric or Fresnel lenses but Lismore and Fidra, in the Firth of Forth, were left as the only remaining purely catoptric lights in the service.A Standing Stone once stood on the highest point of the island (NM779351). The 9-foot (2.7 m) monolith appears to have recorded the midwinter sunset and is thought to have been removed during construction of the lighthouse.The skerry of Lady's Rock lies a short distance to the south west.

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Lady's Rock
Lady's Rock

Lady's Rock is an uninhabited skerry to the south west of Lismore in the Inner Hebrides. It is submerged at high tide and carries a navigation beacon. Eilean Musdile is to the north east, next to Lismore.

Loch Sunart to the Sound of Jura Marine Protected Area
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Lismore Seminary

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Kerrera
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