Ardnamurchan Lighthouse (Scottish Gaelic: Taigh Solais Aird nam Murchan) is a lighthouse on the west coast of Scotland.
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The 35 meter high Ardnamurchan lighthouse was built in 1849 at the Point of Ardnamurchan, north of the Corrachadh Mòr rocky outcrop, the westernmost point on the British mainland. This is where the coastlines of the meet Ardnamurchan Peninsulawho have favourited the southern at Loch Sunart and the Sound of Mull along, on the northern coastline, which is parallel to the Hebridean IslandsSkye, Muck, Eigg and Rhum runs. Nowadays the lighthouse is dated Northern Lighthouse Board out Edinburgh remote controlled.
The granite lighthouse is 55 meters above sea level. There are 152 steps up to the viewing platform (not wheelchair accessible). Admission costs £ 6 and £ 4 for children and £ 16 for groups of 4 or more. There are guided tours for which you should register by phone. In the former house of the lighthouse keeper there is now a small museum in which, among other things, the original Fresnel lens is shown.
The lighthouse can be reached by car from Fort William from over the A830 (UK), the A861 (UK) in the direction Salen and B8007 Kilchoan, the travel time is approx. 2 1/2 hours, the roads are partly single-lane with passing points. The only traffic light within 50 miles is on the access road to the lighthouse, because no two vehicles can pass each other on the last stretch of the access road.
The lighthouse served as a location for the 1994 film Charlie & Louise - The double lottery.
