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Ardnamurchan Lighthouse

lighthouse in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland, built in 1849
Museum maritime_museum Q639663

Facts

24 properties

Designation

Instance of
maritime museum, lighthouse[6]
Heritage designation
category A listed building[21]

Location

Country
United Kingdom[4]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 56.727°, -6.226°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Ardnamurchan, Highland[2][3]

Period and style

Inception
1849[14]
Height
+35[23]
Made from material
granite[8]
Significant event
automatization[17]
More facts +15
Official website
ardnamurchanlighthouse.com[18]
Associated electoral district
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber[27]
Date of official opening
1849[22]
Depicted by
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened[20]
Focal height
+55[25]
Has part(s)
Ardnamurchan Lighthouse foghorn, Keeper's Houses, Ardnamurchan Lighthouse, Steading, Ardnamurchan Lighthouse, Sundial, Ardnamurchan Lighthouse[10][11][12][13]
Has part(s) of the class
tread[24]
Historic county
Argyll[28]
Light characteristic
Fl(2) W 20s[19]
Lighthouse range
+24[26]
Located in or next to body of water
Firth of Clyde[5]
Located in/on physical feature
Ardnamurchan Point[16]
Main building contractor
Alan Stevenson[9]
OS grid reference
NM4158767473[15]
Operator
Northern Lighthouse Board[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en Ardnamurchan Lighthouse cs Maják Ardnamurchan de Ardnamurchan-Leuchtturm de Taigh Solais Aird nam Murchan es Faro de Ardnamurchan fr phare d'Ardnamurchan pl Latarnia morska Ardnamurchan
🔖 Identifiers · 16
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Ardnamurchan Lighthouse3.jpg ↗
ARLHS lighthouse ID
SCO005
Admiralty number
A4082
BBC Things ID
72d50be6-be73-48c7-b2c8-2286e0512db3
British Listed Buildings ID
200330831
Canmore ID
255k (22k–255k, n=5)
Facebook username
ardnamurchan.lighthouse
Freebase ID
/m/0v3c5v4
Highland Historic Environment Record ID
MHG25228
Historic Environment Scotland ID
LB521
MMSI
992351046
MarineTraffic Lighthouse ID
1000004891
Show all 16 identifiers +4
NGA lighthouse ID
114-4016
Online List of Lights ID
3127
OpenStreetMap way ID
241934527
TripAdvisor ID
1873743

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 2
lighthouse, maritime museum
Associated electoral district 1
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
Country 1
United Kingdom
Depicted by 1
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened
Has part(s) of the class 1
tread
Historic county 1
Argyll
Located in or next to body of water 1
Firth of Clyde
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Highland
Located in/on physical feature 1
Ardnamurchan Point
Main building contractor 1
Alan Stevenson
Operator 1
Northern Lighthouse Board
← Depicts 1
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened
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Summary

Ardnamurchan Lighthouse is a maritime museum[1].

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . nlb.org.uk. Retrieved . nlb.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . ardnamurchanlighthouse.com. ardnamurchanlighthouse.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . ardnamurchanlighthouse.com. ardnamurchanlighthouse.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Canmore. wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . nlb.org.uk. Retrieved . nlb.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . nlb.org.uk. Retrieved . nlb.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . nlb.org.uk. Retrieved . nlb.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . Reeds PBO Small Craft Almanac 2014. wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . Reeds PBO Small Craft Almanac 2014. wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · Edward · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    OpenStreetMap way ID → 241934527
    Inception → —
    Official website → http://ardnamurchanlighthouse.com/
    Has part(s) of the class → tread
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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