Toward Point Lighthouse
Toward Point is the southern extremity of the Cowal Peninsula, near the village of Toward and six miles south of Dunoon, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. There has been a lighthouse here since 1812. The location is the south-west extreme point of the Highland Boundary Fault as it crosses the Scottish mainland.[1]
Lighthouse
 Toward Point Lighthouse and Foghorn Building | |
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| Location | Cowal Peninsula |
|---|---|
| OS grid | NS1362367226 |
| Coordinates | 55°51′37″N 4°58′41″W / 55.86028°N 4.97806°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1812  |
| Built by | Robert Stevenson |
| Construction | White circular tower |
| Height | 19 m (62 ft) |
| Operator | Clyde Port Authority |
| Heritage | category B listed building |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1812 |
| Focal height | 21 m (69 ft) |
| Range | 22 nautical miles |
| Characteristic | Fl. W 10sec |
Toward Point Lighthouse was completed in 1812. It was built by Robert Stevenson (1772–1850) for the Cumbrae Lighthouse Trust.[2] Two lighthouse keepers' houses were added in the later 1800s. A white building on the foreshore housed the foghorn mechanism, originally a steam engine and then diesel engines. The foghorn was taken out of operation in the 1990s.[3] Today the buildings are a private home and not open to the public.
See also
Footnotes
- ^ MacNair, Peter (29 November 2012). Argyllshire and Buteshire. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 5. ISBN 978-1107657526.
- ^ Ritchie, James Neil Graham; Harman, Mary (1996). Argyll and the Western Isles. Exploring Scotland's Heritage. Seven Hills Books. p. 72. ISBN 9780114952877.
- ^ "Toward Lighthouse". Photographers Resource. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
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