Draft:Skervuile Lighthouse
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Submission declined on 21 July 2024 by S0091 (talk). This draft's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article. In summary, the draft needs multiple published sources that are: Declined by S0091 32 days ago.
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Comment: Could be notable be need better sources. The first one is a directory listing, the second is a primary source and the third appears to be a blog. Try Google Books but you want something other than travel guides. S0091 (talk) 18:23, 21 July 2024 (UTC)
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Location | Sound of Jura; Scotland |
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Coordinates | 55°52′26″N 05°49′51″W / 55.87389°N 5.83083°W |
Construction | Stone |
Automated | 1945 |
Shape | Cylinder |
Operator | Northern Lighthouse Board |
Fog signal | No |
Light | |
First lit | 1865 |
Focal height | 22 metres (72 ft) |
Range | 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) |
Characteristic | Flashing white every 15 seconds |
Skervuile Lighthouse, Sgeir Maoile (Scottish Gaelic), a lighthouse located 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from the entrance to Lowlandman’s Bay on the southeast coast of Jura, within the Sound of Jura, Inner Hebrides, west of Scotland. First lit in 1865 and automated in 1945. The construction engineers were David & Thomas Stevenson.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
The lighthouse had a maintenance and redecoration contract awarded in May 2021.[7]
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Skervuile Lighthouse from Jura
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Skervuile Lighthouse
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Skervuile Lighthouse
References
[edit]- ^ "Jura, Skervuile Lighthouse | Canmore". canmore.org.uk.
- ^ "Skervuile". Northern Lighthouse Board.
- ^ "Skervuile". www.enschrage.nl.
- ^ "Lighthouses | Robert Louis Stevenson".
- ^ "Skervuile - Light Details | AIS Marine Traffic".
- ^ "Islay RNLI called to sailing barge adrift off Jura | RNLI".
- ^ "Maintenance and Redecoration of Skervuile Lighthouse - Contracts Finder". www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk.
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Category:Lighthouses in the United Kingdom Category:Lighthouses in Scotland Category:Lighthouses of Scottish islands Category:Lighthouses completed in the 1860s