# List of lighthouses in Scotland

Download coordinates as:
* KML
* GPX (all coordinates)
* GPX (primary coordinates)
* GPX (secondary coordinates)
This is a list of lighthouses in Scotland. The Northern Lighthouse Board, from which much of the information is derived, are responsible for most lighthouses in Scotland but have handed over responsibility in the major estuaries to the port authorities. Many of the more minor lights are not shown. A lighthouse that is no longer operating is indicated by the date of closure in the operated by column. Where two dates are shown, the lighthouse has been rebuilt.
Nearly all the lighthouses in this list were designed by and most were built by four generations of one family, including Thomas Smith, who was both the stepfather and father-in-law of Robert Stevenson. Robert's sons and grandsons not only built most of the lights, often under the most appalling of conditions, but pioneered many of the improvements in lighting and signalling that cut down the enormous loss of life in shipping around the coasts of Scotland.
The table may be sorted by any column by clicking on the heading.

## Lighthouses

| Name | Area coordinates | Island / mainland | Year built | Designed / built by | Operated by / closed | Tower height | Focal height | Range |
| Ailsa Craig Lighthouse | South Ayrshire | Ailsa Craig | 1886 | Thomas Stevenson, David A Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 11 | 18 | 17 |
| Ardnamurchan Lighthouse | Highland | mainland | 1849 | Alan Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 35 | 55 | 24 |
| Auskerry Lighthouse | Orkney Islands | Auskerry | 1866 | David Stevenson, Thomas Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 34 | 34 | 20 |
| Barns Ness Lighthouse | East Lothian | mainland | 1899 | David A Stevenson, Charles A Stevenson | Deactivated 2005 | 37 | 36 | 10 |
| Barra Head Lighthouse | Outer Hebrides | Barra Head | 1833 | Robert Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 18 | 208 | 18 |
| Bass Rock Lighthouse | East Lothian | Bass Rock | 1902 | David Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 20 | 46 | 10 |
| Bell Rock Lighthouse | Angus | Inchcape | 1810 | Robert Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 36 | 28 | 18 |
| Bressay Lighthouse | Shetland Islands | Bressay | 1858 | David Stevenson, Thomas Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board (until Sep 2012), Lerwick Port Authority (from 2012) | 16 | 32 | 23, 10 |
| Brough of Birsay Lighthouse | Orkney Islands | Brough of Birsay | 1925 | David A Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 11 | 52 | 18 |
| Buchan Ness Lighthouse | Aberdeenshire | mainland | 1827 | Robert Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 35 | 40 | 18 |
| Butt of Lewis Lighthouse | Outer Hebrides | Isle of Lewis | 1862 | David Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 37 | 52 | 25 |
| Cantick Head Lighthouse | Orkney Islands | South Walls | 1858 | David Stevenson, Thomas Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 22 | 35 | 13, 18 |
| Cape Wrath Lighthouse | Highland | mainland | 1828 | Robert Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 20 | 122 | 22 |
| Chanonry Lighthouse | Highland, Fortrose | mainland | 1846 | Alan Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 13 | 12 | 15 |
| Cloch lighthouse | Inverclyde | mainland | 1797 | Thomas Smith, Robert Stevenson | Clyde Port Authority | 23 | 24 | 8 |
| Copinsay Lighthouse | Orkney Islands | Copinsay | 1915 | David A Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 16 | 79 | 21 |
| Corran Point Lighthouse | Highland | mainland | 1817 | Thomas Smith, Robert Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 13 | 12 | 10 (white), 7 (red green) |
| Corsewall Lighthouse | Dumfries and Galloway | mainland | 1816 | Robert Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 34 | 34 | 22 |
| Covesea Skerries Lighthouse | Moray, Lossiemouth and Branderburgh | mainland | 1846 | Alan Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board (until 2012) | 36 | 49 | 24 |
| Crammag Head Lighthouse | Dumfries and Galloway | mainland | 1913 | David A Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 7 | 35 | 18 |
| Cromarty Lighthouse | Highland | mainland | 1846 | Alan Stevenson | Inactive | 13 | 18 | |
| Davaar Lighthouse | Argyll and Bute | Island Davaar | 1854 | David Stevenson, Thomas Stevenson, and John Barr & Co | Northern Lighthouse Board | 20 | 37 | 23 |
| Dubh Artach Lighthouse | Argyll and Bute | Dubh Artach | 1872 | Thomas Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 38 | 44 | 20 |
| Duncansby Head Lighthouse | Highland | mainland | 1924 | David A Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 11 | 67 | 22 |
| Dunnet Head Lighthouse | Highland | mainland | 1831 | Robert Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 20 | 105 | 23 |
| Eilean Glas Lighthouse | Outer Hebrides | Scalpay | 1789 | Thomas Smith | Northern Lighthouse Board | 30 | 43 | 23 |
| Elie Ness Lighthouse | Fife | mainland | 1908 | James Laurie | Forth Ports | 11 | 15 | 17 |
| Esha Ness Lighthouse | Shetland Islands | Mainland | 1925 | David A Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 12 | 61 | 25 |
| Fair Isle North Lighthouse | Shetland Islands | Fair Isle | 1892 | David A Stevenson, Charles A Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 14 | 80 | 22 |
| South Lighthouse | Shetland Islands | Fair Isle | 1892 | David A Stevenson, Charles A Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 26 | 32 | 22 |
| Fidra Lighthouse | East Lothian | Fidra | 1885 | David A Stevenson, Thomas Stevenson | Forth Ports | 17 | 34 | 15 |
| Fife Ness Lighthouse | Fife | mainland | 1975 | Peter H. Hyslop | Northern Lighthouse Board | 5 | 12 | 21 (white), 20 (red) |
| Firths Voe Lighthouse | Shetland Islands, Delting | Mainland | 1909 | David A Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 9 | 9 | 15 (white), 10 (green), 10 (red) |
| Flannan Isles Lighthouse | Outer Hebrides | Eilean Mòr | 1899 | David A Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 23 | 101 | 20 |
| Foula Lighthouse | Shetland Islands | Foula | 1986 | James Johnson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 8 | 36 | 18 |
| Girdleness Lighthouse | Aberdeen | mainland | 1833 | Robert Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 37 | 56 | 22 |
| Holburn Head Lighthouse | Highland, Thurso | mainland | 1862 | David Stevenson, Thomas Stevenson | Deactivated 2003 | 17 | 23 | 15 |
| Holy Isle Inner Lighthouse | North Ayrshire | Holy Island | 1877 | Thomas Stevenson, David Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 17 | 14 | 6 |
| Holy Isle Outer Lighthouse | North Ayrshire | Holy Island | 1905 | Thomas Stevenson, David Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 23 | 38 | 25 |
| Hoxa Head Lighthouse | Orkney Islands | South Ronaldsay | 1901 | David A Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | | | |
| Hoxa Head Lighthouse | Orkney Islands | South Ronaldsay | 1996 | | Northern Lighthouse Board | 7 | 15 | 9 (white), 6 (red) |
| Hoy Sound High Light | Orkney Islands | Graemsay | 1851 | Alan Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 33 | 35 | 20 (white), 16 (red) |
| Hoy Sound Low Light | Orkney Islands | Graemsay | 1851 | Alan Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 12 | 17 | 12 |
| Hyskeir Lighthouse | Highland | Hyskeir | 1904 | David A Stevenson, Charles A Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 39 | 41 | 24 |
| Inchkeith Lighthouse | Fife | Inchkeith | 1804 | Thomas Smith, Robert Stevenson | Forth Ports (from Jun 2013), Northern Lighthouse Board (from 1804 until Jun 2013) | 19 | 67 | 14 |
| Isle of May Lighthouse | Fife | Isle of May | 1816 | Robert Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 24 | 73 | 22 |
| Isle of May Low Light | Fife | Isle of May | 1843 | | | | | |
| Old Isle of May Lighthouse | Fife | Isle of May | 1635 | | James Maxwell, 1st Earl of Dirletoun | | | |
| Killantringan Lighthouse | Dumfries and Galloway | mainland | 1900 | David A Stevenson | Deactivated 2007 | 22 | 49 | 25 |
| New Kinnaird Head Lighthouse | Aberdeenshire | mainland | 1991 | | Northern Lighthouse Board | 10 | 25 | 22 |
| Kinnaird Head Lighthouse | Aberdeenshire | mainland | 1787 | Thomas Smith | Northern Lighthouse Board (from 1787 until 1991), Museum of Scottish Lighthouses (from 1991) | 22 | | |
| Lady Isle Lighthouse | South Ayrshire | Lady Isle | 1903 | David A Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 15 | 19 | 11 |
| Lismore Lighthouse | Argyll and Bute | Eilean Musdile | 1833 | Robert Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 26 | 31 | 17 |
| Little Cumbrae Old Lighthouse | North Ayrshire | Little Cumbrae Island | 1757 | James Ewing | | | | |
| Cumbrae Lighthouse | North Ayrshire | Little Cumbrae Island | 1793 | Thomas Smith | Northern Lighthouse Board | | | |
| Little Cumbrae New Lighthouse | North Ayrshire | Little Cumbrae Island | 1997 | | Clyde Port Authority | | 28 | 14 |
| Little Ross lighthouse | Dumfries and Galloway | Little Ross | 1843 | Alan Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 22 | 50 | 12 |
| Lother Rock Light | Orkney Islands | Lother Rock | 1910 | David A Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 12 | 13 | 6 |
| Old Monach Lighthouse | Outer Hebrides | Shillay | 1864 | Thomas Stevenson, David Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 41 | 47 | 18 |
| New Monach Light | Outer Hebrides | Shillay | 1997 | | Northern Lighthouse Board | 5.5 | | 10 |
| Muckle Flugga Lighthouse | Shetland Islands | Muckle Flugga | | Thomas Stevenson, David Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 20 | 66 | 22 |
| Mull of Galloway Lighthouse | Dumfries and Galloway | mainland | 1830 | Robert Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 26 | 99 | 28 |
| Mull of Kintyre Lighthouse | Argyll and Bute | mainland | 1788 | Thomas Smith | Northern Lighthouse Board | 12 | 91 | 24 |
| Neist Point Lighthouse | Highland | Duirinish peninsula | 1909 | David A Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 19 | 43 | 16 |
| North Rona Lighthouse | Outer Hebrides | Rona | 1984 | | Northern Lighthouse Board | 13 | 114 | 22 |
| North Ronaldsay Lighthouse | Orkney Islands | North Ronaldsay | 1852 | Alan Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 42 | 43 | 24 |
| Dennis Head Old Beacon | Orkney Islands | North Ronaldsay | 1789 | Thomas Smith, Robert Stevenson | | 21 | | |
| Noss Head Lighthouse | Highland | mainland | 1849 | Alan Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 18 | 53 | 25 (white), 21 (red) |
| Noup Head Lighthouse | Orkney Islands | Westray | 1898 | David A Stevenson, Charles A Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 24 | 79 | 22 |
| Ornsay Lighthouse | Highland | Ornsay | 1857 | Thomas Stevenson, David Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 19 | 18 | 12 |
| Bound Skerry Lighthouse | Shetland Islands | Bound Skerry | 1858 | David Stevenson, Thomas Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 30 | 44 | 20 |
| Oxcars Lighthouse | Fife | rock | 1886 | David A Stevenson, Thomas Stevenson | Forth Ports | 22 | 16 | 13 |
| Pentland Skerries High Light | Orkney Islands | Muckle Skerry | 1794 | Thomas Smith, Robert Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 36 | 52 | 23 |
| Pladda Lighthouse | North Ayrshire | Pladda | 1790 | Thomas Smith | Northern Lighthouse Board | 29 | 40 | 17 |
| Fethaland Lighthouse | Shetland Islands | Mainland | 1977 | | Northern Lighthouse Board | 7 | 67 | 19 (white), 15 (red) |
| Point of Sleat Lighthouse | Highland | Isle of Skye | 2003 | | Northern Lighthouse Board | 5 | 20 | 9 |
| Rattray Head lighthouse | Aberdeenshire | rock with causeway | 1895 | David A Stevenson, Charles A Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 34 | 28 | 18 |
| Rinns of Islay Lighthouse | Argyll and Bute | Orsay | 1825 | Robert Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 29 | 46 | 24 |
| Rona Lighthouse | Highland | Rona | 1857 | David Stevenson, Thomas Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 13 | 69 | 19 |
| Rua Reidh Lighthouse | Highland | mainland | 1912 | David A Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 25 | 37 | 24 |
| Rubha nan Gall Lighthouse | Argyll and Bute | Isle of Mull | 1857 | Thomas Stevenson, David Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 19 | 17 | 15 |
| Ruvaal Lighthouse | Argyll and Bute, Killarow and Kilmeny | Islay | 1859 | David Stevenson, Thomas Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 34 | 45 | 19 |
| Sanda Island Lighthouse | Argyll and Bute | Sanda Island | 1850 | Alan Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 15 | 50 | 15 |
| Scarinish Lighthouse | Argyll and Bute | Tiree | 1897 | David A Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 3.5 | 11 | 12 |
| Scurdie Ness Lighthouse | Angus | mainland | 1870 | David Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 39 | 38 | 23 |
| Skerryvore Lighthouse | Argyll and Bute | Skerryvore | 1844 | Alan Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 48 | 46 | 23 |
| Southerness Lighthouse | Dumfries and Galloway | mainland | 1749 | Deactivated in 1931. | | 10 | 17 | |
| St. Abbs Lighthouse | Scottish Borders | mainland | 1862 | Alan Stevenson, David Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 9 | 68 | 26 |
| Start Point Lighthouse | Orkney Islands | Sanday | 1806 | Robert Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 25 | 24 | 18 |
| Stoer Head Lighthouse | Highland | mainland | 1870 | Thomas Stevenson, David Stevenson | National Trust for Scotland, Northern Lighthouse Board | 14 | 59 | 24 |
| Strathy Point Lighthouse | Highland | mainland | 1958 | Peter H. Hyslop | Northern Lighthouse Board (until 2012) | 14 | 45 | 26 |
| Stroma Lighthouse | Highland | Island of Stroma | 1890 | Charles A Stevenson, David A Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 23 | 32 | 20 |
| Sule Skerry Lighthouse | Orkney Islands | Sule Skerry | 1895 | David A Stevenson, Charles A Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 27 | 34 | 21 |
| Sumburgh Head Lighthouse | Shetland Islands | Mainland | 1821 | Robert Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 17 | 91 | 23 |
| Tarbat Ness Lighthouse | Highland | mainland | 1830 | Robert Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 41 | 53 | 24 |
| Tiumpan Head Lighthouse | Outer Hebrides | Isle of Lewis | 1900 | David A Stevenson, Charles A Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 21 | 55 | 25 |
| Todhead Lighthouse | Aberdeenshire | mainland | 1897 | David A Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board (until 2007) | 13 | 41 | 18 |
| Tor Ness Lighthouse | Orkney Islands | Hoy | 1980 | John Smith | Northern Lighthouse Board | 8 | 21 | 17 |
| Toward Point Lighthouse | Argyll and Bute | mainland | 1812 | Robert Stevenson | Clyde Port Authority | 19 | 21 | 22 |
| Turnberry Lighthouse | South Ayrshire, Kirkoswald | mainland | 1873 | David Stevenson, Thomas Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 24 | 29 | 24 |
| Ushenish Lighthouse | Outer Hebrides | South Uist | 1857 | Thomas Stevenson, David Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 12 | 54 | 19 (white), 15 (red) |
| Vaternish Lighthouse | Highland | Isle of Skye | 1980 | | Northern Lighthouse Board | 7 | 21 | 8 |
| Vaternish Point Lighthouse | Highland | Isle of Skye | 1924 | John Smith | Northern Lighthouse Board | | | |
| Weavers Point Lighthouse | Outer Hebrides | North Uist | 1980 | John Smith | Northern Lighthouse Board | 4 | 24 | 7 |
| Rubh' an Eun Lighthouse | Argyll and Bute | | | | | | | |