Site Name: Lighthouse Hill, Little Cumbrae
Alternative Name(s):
Monument Type: Lighthouse
Council: North Ayrshire
Parish: Cumbrae
Map Sheet: NS15SW
Grid Reference: 214310, 651470
Canmore Number: 40679
Non-Statutory Register Code: S
WoSASPIN 5257
Coal-fired, erected 1757. A plain, circular tower, restored in 1956 having been disused since 1793 (when it was replaced by NS15SW 15). Remains of a rectangular keeper's cottage survive to N.
D B Hague and R Christie 1975; J R Hume 1977; R W Munro 1979
NS 1431 5146, 18th-Century lighthouse. Surveyed by members of ACFA and the Cowal Archaeology & Historical Society in March 1996. Report in SMR archive.
E B Rennie and J Macdonald, 1996
Entered WoSAS (CF) 12/12/00
Remains of the 200 year old coal-fire lighthouse which was the second to be erected in Scotland. Consists of a circular stone tower, 30 feet high.
Derived from HS Listed Buildings data.
Entered WoSAS (CF) 12/12/00
The exercise was a general survey of the island to report on the condition of known sites and to identify and record any new sites. The survey was carried out by members of ACFA and the Cowal Archaeology & Historical Society in March 1996. A copy of the full report has been lodged with the NMRS.
NS 1431 5146 18th-Century lighthouse.
E B Rennie and J Macdonald 1996.
Munro, R W , Scottish lighthouses. Stornoway.(1979)
Hume, J R , The industrial archaeology of Scotland. Volume 2: The Highlands and Islands. London.(1977)
Hague and Christie, D B and R , Lighthouses: their architecture, history and archaeology. Llandysul.(1975)
Reid, J E , History of the county of Bute and families connected therewith. Glasgow.(1864)
Rennie, E.B. & Macdonald, J. , 'Isle of Little Cumbrae (Cumbrae parish), general field survey', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland, 1996, pp.77-78.(1996)