Glencallum Bay Lighthouse

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Glencallum Bay Lighthouse is a lighthouse on a point on the northernmost side of Glencallum Bay on the Isle of Bute. [1] [2] Its Gaelic name is the Rubh' An Eun which means the point of the birds.

The lighthouse was built in 1911 by the Stevenson family business which built many of the lighthouses in Scotland.

It is on the West Island Way. [3]

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References

  1. "Bute, Glencallum Bay, Lighthouse", Canmore , Historic Environment Scotland
  2. Susan Hothersall (ed.), "Bute Part 3, 2013-2022 Kilchattan Bay to Port Bannatyne", The Coastal Archaeology Record Enhancement Survey (CARES), no. 151, ISBN   978-1-8384166-2-1
  3. "Glencallum Bay & Rubh' an Eun Lighthouse", Welcome to Bute’s ‘West Island Way’