6061 x 4007 px | 51,3 x 33,9 cm | 20,2 x 13,4 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
septembre 2004
Lieu:
Ardnamurchan Point Lochaber Inverness-shire Highland Region Scotland UK
Informations supplémentaires:
Ardnamurchan Point (56°43′33″N 6°13′27″W / 56.72583, -6.22417; grid reference NM416674) is near the western extremity of the Ardnamurchan peninsula in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland. It is 1.1km north of Corrachadh Mòr, the most westerly point on the island of Great Britain, which is approximately 50m further to the west than the Point. The point lies seven miles south of the island of Muck, with Eigg and Rùm a few miles further to the north. Coll is situated nine miles to the west, and Mull is five miles south. Near the promontory there is a 36 metre tall, pink granite lighthouse built in 1849 by Alan Stevenson. It is the only lighthouse in the UK built in the Egyptian style. Nowadays, the light is operated remotely by the Northern Lighthouse Board and the original housing for the lighthouse keepers now contains a museum called the 'Kingdom of Light' - Rioghachd na Sorcha, run by the Ardnamurchan Lighthouse Trust. The nearest settlement is the small village, Achosnich. Ard na Murchan means 'the hill of the great sea' in the Scottish Gaelic language.
