Category Archives: Lighthouses

A picture of a lighthouse on Islay

Claddach and the Rhinns of Islay lighthouse (2)

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Picture of a remote landscape with a few houses and a lighthouseThe view of Claddach and the Rhinns of Islay lighthouse revisited, this time in a wider view taking in more of the area. The Rhinns of Islay lighthouse on Orsay right of centre, some of the houses at Claddach in the foreground. In the distance towards the left some of the houses at Portnahaven/Port Wemyss (the square building is a former Coastguard lookout tower, now a holiday cottage).

Claddach and the Rhinns of Islay lighthouse

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Picture of a few scattered houses with a lighthouse in the backgroundA view over some of the houses at Claddach with the Rhinns of Islay lighthouse on Orsay in the background on a sunny June evening.

Waves at Carraig Fhada lighthouse, Isle of Islay

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Picture of waves breaking around a white square lighthouseA view of Carraig Fhada lighthouse near Port Ellen during a November storm on Islay. Big waves were breaking over the rocks and the walkway to the lighthouse. Also note the faint rainbow visible just to the right of the lighthouse (better visible in rainbow and waves at Carraig Fhada lighthouse)