Ardmore, Barra
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Ardmhor
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Location within theOuter Hebrides | |
OS grid reference | NF721037 |
Council area | |
Lieutenancy area | |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | ISLE OF BARRA |
Postcode district | HS9 |
Dialling code | 01871 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
UK Parliament | |
Scottish Parliament | |
![]() Ardmore Point Lighthouse | |
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Location | Ardmore Point Barra Outer Hebrides Scotland United Kingdom |
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Coordinates | 56°39′22″N6°07′43″W/ 56.656041°N 6.128611°W |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1958 (first) |
Construction | metal skeletal tower |
Automated | 2003 |
Height | 5 metres (16 ft) |
Shape | quadrangular tower with aluminium panels as daymark |
Markings | white tower |
Power source | solar power![]() |
Operator | Northern Lighthouse Board[1][2] |
Light | |
First lit | 2003 (current) |
Deactivated | 2003 (first) |
Focal height | 18 metres (59 ft) |
Range | 13 nautical miles (24 km; 15 mi) |
Characteristic | Fl (2) W 10s. |
Ardmhor(Scottish Gaelic:Aird Mhòr) is a small village in the north east of the Isle ofBarrain theOuter Hebrides,Scotland.
In 2002 a small ferry port was built in the village to serve a new ferry link between Barra andEriskayas part of the Sound of Barra Integrated Transport Project. The ferry service started in spring 2003. A causeway had previously been built linking Eriskay toSouth Uist.The daily service on theMVLoch Alainnhas frequent sailings; the crossing takes approximately 40 minutes. Since 2016, when the Oban–Lochboisdale service ceased, it is the only ferry between Barra and South Uist.
Note that the correct location for the port is as follows, rather than atAird Mhidhinisas shown on some printedOrdnance Surveymaps.
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Ardmhor - Eriskay ferry.
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Ardmhor jetty and breakwater
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Rowlett, Russ."Lighthouses of Scotland: Argyll and Bute".The Lighthouse Directory.University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Retrieved21 May2016.
- ^ArdmoreNorthern Lighthouse Board. Retrieved 21 May 2016
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