Name |
Image |
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[3] | 18[4] | 17[4] |
Ardnamurchan Lighthouse | | Highland [5] | mainland | 1849 | Alan Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board[6] | 35[6] | 55[4] | 24[4] |
Auskerry Lighthouse | | Orkney Islands [7] | Auskerry | 1866[8] | David Stevenson, Thomas Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 34[8] | 34[4] | 20[4] |
Barns Ness Lighthouse | | East Lothian[9] [10] | mainland | 1899 | David A Stevenson, Charles A Stevenson | Deactivated 2005 | 37[11] | 36[11] | 10[11] |
Barra Head Lighthouse | | Outer Hebrides [12] | Barra Head | 1833[13] | Robert Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board[13] | 18[13] | 208[4][14][13] | 18[4][14][13] |
Bass Rock Lighthouse | | East Lothian[15] [15] | Bass Rock | 1902 | David Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 20[16] | 46[14] | 10[14] |
Bell Rock Lighthouse | | Angus [17] | Inchcape | 1810 | Robert Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 36[18] | 28[4] | 18[4] |
Bressay Lighthouse | | Shetland Islands [19] | Bressay | 1858 | David Stevenson, Thomas Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board[20] (until Sep 2012), Lerwick Port Authority (from 2012) | 16[20] | 32[20] | 23[20], 10[20] |
Brough of Birsay Lighthouse | | Orkney Islands
| Brough of Birsay | 1925[21] | David A Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board[21] | 11[21] | 52[4][21] | 18[4][21] |
Buchan Ness Lighthouse | | Aberdeenshire [22] | mainland | 1827[23] | Robert Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 35[23] | 40[4] | 18[4] |
Butt of Lewis Lighthouse | | Outer Hebrides [24] | Isle of Lewis | 1862[25] | David Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board[25] | 37[25] | 52[4][25] | 25[4][25] |
Cantick Head Lighthouse | | Orkney Islands [26] | South Walls | 1858 | David Stevenson, Thomas Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board[27] | 22[27] | 35[27] | 13[14], 18[27] |
Cape Wrath Lighthouse | | Highland
| mainland | 1828[28] | Robert Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board[28] | 20[28] | 122[4] | 22[4] |
Chanonry Lighthouse | | Highland, Fortrose[29] [29] | mainland | 1846[30] | Alan Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 13[30] | 12[30] | 15[30] |
Cloch lighthouse | | Inverclyde
| mainland | 1797 | Thomas Smith, Robert Stevenson | Clyde Port Authority | 23 | 24[14] | 8[14] |
Copinsay Lighthouse | | Orkney Islands
| Copinsay | 1915 | David A Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board[31] | 16[31] | 79[4] | 21[4] |
Corran Point Lighthouse | | Highland[32] [32] | mainland | 1817 | Thomas Smith, Robert Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board[31] | 13 | 12[14] | 10[14] (white), 7[14] (red green) |
Corsewall Lighthouse | | Dumfries and Galloway [33] | mainland | 1816 | Robert Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board[34] | 34[34] | 34 | 22[35] |
Covesea Skerries Lighthouse | | Moray, Lossiemouth and Branderburgh[36] [36] | mainland | 1846 | Alan Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board (until 2012) | 36[37] | 49[37] | 24[37] |
Crammag Head Lighthouse | | Dumfries and Galloway
| mainland | 1913 | David A Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 7 | 35[4] | 18[4] |
Cromarty Lighthouse | | Highland [38] | mainland | 1846 | Alan Stevenson | Inactive | 13[39] | 18[39] | |
Davaar Lighthouse | | Argyll and Bute [40] | Island Davaar | 1854[41] | David Stevenson, Thomas Stevenson, and John Barr & Co | Northern Lighthouse Board | 20[42] | 37[4] | 23[4] |
Dubh Artach Lighthouse | | Argyll and Bute [43] | Dubh Artach | 1872[44] | Thomas Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 38[44] | 44[4][44] | 20[4][44] |
Duncansby Head Lighthouse | | Highland
| mainland | 1924 | David A Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 11 | 67[14] | 22[14] |
Dunnet Head Lighthouse | | Highland [45] | mainland | 1831[46] | Robert Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board[46] | 20[46] | 105[4] | 23[4] |
Eilean Glas Lighthouse | | Outer Hebrides [47] | Scalpay | 1789[48] | Thomas Smith | Northern Lighthouse Board[48] | 30[48] | 43[4][48] | 23[4][48] |
Elie Ness Lighthouse | | Fife[49] [49] | mainland | 1908 | James Laurie | Forth Ports[50] | 11 | 15[14][51] | 17[14] |
Esha Ness Lighthouse | | Shetland Islands [52] | Mainland | 1925 | David A Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 12[53] | 61 | 25[4] |
Fair Isle North Lighthouse | | Shetland Islands [54] | Fair Isle | 1892[55] | David A Stevenson, Charles A Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 14[55] | 80[4] | 22[4] |
South Lighthouse | | Shetland Islands [56] | Fair Isle | 1892[57] | David A Stevenson, Charles A Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 26[57] | 32[4] | 22[4] |
Fidra Lighthouse | | East Lothian[58] [58] | Fidra | 1885[50] | David A Stevenson, Thomas Stevenson | Forth Ports[50] | 17[50] | 34[4] | 15[4] |
Fife Ness Lighthouse | | Fife
| mainland | 1975[59] | Peter H. Hyslop[60] | Northern Lighthouse Board[59] | 5[59] | 12[4][59] | 21[4][59] (white), 20[4][59] (red) |
Firths Voe Lighthouse | | Shetland Islands[61], Delting[61] [61] | Mainland | 1909 | David A Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 9 | 9 | 15 (white), 10 (green), 10 (red) |
Flannan Isles Lighthouse | | Outer Hebrides [62] | Eilean Mòr | 1899[63] | David A Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board[64] | 23[64] | 101[4][64] | 20[4][64] |
Foula Lighthouse | | Shetland Islands
| Foula | 1986[65] | James Johnson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 8 | 36[65] | 18[65] |
Girdleness Lighthouse | | Aberdeen [66] | mainland | 1833[67] | Robert Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board[68] | 37[68] | 56[4][14] | 22[4][14] |
Holburn Head Lighthouse | | Highland[69], Thurso[70] [70] | mainland | 1862[71] | David Stevenson, Thomas Stevenson | Deactivated 2003 | 17[71] | 23[71] | 15[71] |
Holy Isle Inner Lighthouse | | North Ayrshire
| Holy Island | 1877 | Thomas Stevenson, David Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 17 | 14[4] | 6[4] |
Holy Isle Outer Lighthouse | | North Ayrshire
| Holy Island | 1905 | Thomas Stevenson, David Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 23 | 38[4] | 25[4] |
Hoxa Head Lighthouse | | Orkney Islands
| South Ronaldsay | 1901[lower-alpha 1] | David A Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | | | |
Hoxa Head Lighthouse | | Orkney Islands
| South Ronaldsay | 1996 | | Northern Lighthouse Board | 7 | 15[4] | 9[4] (white), 6[4] (red) |
Hoy Sound High Light | | Orkney Islands
| Graemsay | 1851[67] | Alan Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 33 | 35[14] | 20[72] (white), 16[72] (red) |
Hoy Sound Low Light | | Orkney Islands[73] [73] | Graemsay | 1851[67] | Alan Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 12 | 17[14] | 12[14] |
Hyskeir Lighthouse | | Highland
| Hyskeir | 1904[74] | David A Stevenson, Charles A Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board[74] | 39[74] | 41[4][14] | 24[4][14] |
Inchkeith Lighthouse | | Fife [75] | Inchkeith | 1804[76] | Thomas Smith, Robert Stevenson | Forth Ports[76] (from Jun 2013), Northern Lighthouse Board[76] (from 1804 until Jun 2013) | 19[76] | 67[14] | 14[14] |
Isle of May Lighthouse | | Fife[77] [78] | Isle of May | 1816[79] | Robert Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board[79] | 24[79] | 73[4] | 22[4] |
Isle of May Low Light | | Fife
| Isle of May | 1843 | | | | | |
Old Isle of May Lighthouse | | Fife[80] [81] | Isle of May | 1635 | | James Maxwell, 1st Earl of Dirletoun | | | |
Killantringan Lighthouse | | Dumfries and Galloway [82] | mainland | 1900[83] | David A Stevenson | Deactivated 2007 | 22[83] | 49[83] | 25[83] |
New Kinnaird Head Lighthouse | | Aberdeenshire [51] | mainland | 1991 | | Northern Lighthouse Board | 10 | 25 | 22 |
Kinnaird Head Lighthouse | | Aberdeenshire [84][85][86][87][88][89] | mainland | 1787 | Thomas Smith | Northern Lighthouse Board (from 1787 until 1991), Museum of Scottish Lighthouses (from 1991) | 22 | | |
Lady Isle Lighthouse | | South Ayrshire [51] | Lady Isle | 1903 | David A Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 15 | 19[14] | 11[14] |
Lismore Lighthouse | | Argyll and Bute [90] | Eilean Musdile | 1833 | Robert Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 26[91] | 31[4] | 17[4] |
Little Cumbrae Old Lighthouse | | North Ayrshire[92] [93] | Little Cumbrae Island | 1757 | James Ewing | | | | |
Cumbrae Lighthouse | | North Ayrshire [94] | Little Cumbrae Island | 1793 | Thomas Smith | Northern Lighthouse Board | | | |
Little Cumbrae New Lighthouse | | North Ayrshire
| Little Cumbrae Island | 1997 | | Clyde Port Authority | | 28[14] | 14[14] |
Little Ross lighthouse | | Dumfries and Galloway [95] | Little Ross | 1843 | Alan Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 22 | 50[4] | 12[4] |
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[96] | 47[4] | 18[4] |
New Monach Light | | Outer Hebrides
| Shillay | 1997 | | Northern Lighthouse Board | 5.5[97] | | 10 |
Muckle Flugga Lighthouse | | Shetland Islands [98] | Muckle Flugga | | Thomas Stevenson, David Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 20[99] | 66[4] | 22[4] |
Mull of Galloway Lighthouse | | Dumfries and Galloway[100] [101] | mainland | 1830 | Robert Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 26[102] | 99[4] | 28[4] |
Mull of Kintyre Lighthouse | | Argyll and Bute [103] | mainland | 1788[104] | Thomas Smith | Northern Lighthouse Board | 12[104] | 91[4] | 24[4] |
Neist Point Lighthouse | | Highland [105][106] | Duirinish peninsula | 1909[107] | David A Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board[107] | 19[107] | 43[4][14][107] | 16[4][14][107] |
North Rona Lighthouse | | Outer Hebrides
| Rona | 1984 | | Northern Lighthouse Board | 13 | 114[14] | 22[14] |
North Ronaldsay Lighthouse | | Orkney Islands[108] [109] | North Ronaldsay | 1852 | Alan Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 42[110] | 43[4] | 24[4] |
Dennis Head Old Beacon | | Orkney Islands[111] [112] | North Ronaldsay | 1789[113] | Thomas Smith, Robert Stevenson | | 21 | | |
Noss Head Lighthouse | | Highland [114] | mainland | 1849[115] | Alan Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board[115] | 18[115] | 53[4] | 25[4] (white), 21[4] (red) |
Noup Head Lighthouse | | Orkney Islands [116] | Westray | 1898[117] | David A Stevenson, Charles A Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board[117] | 24[117] | 79 | 22 |
Ornsay Lighthouse | | Highland [118] | Ornsay | 1857[119] | Thomas Stevenson, David Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 19[119] | 18[14] | 12[14] |
Bound Skerry Lighthouse | | Shetland Islands [120] | Bound Skerry | 1858[121] | David Stevenson, Thomas Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 30[121] | 44[4] | 20[4] |
Oxcars Lighthouse | | Fife[122] [123] | rock | 1886[124] | 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[125] | 36[125] | 52[125][14] | 23[125][14] |
Pladda Lighthouse | | North Ayrshire
| Pladda | 1790[126] | Thomas Smith | Northern Lighthouse Board | 29[126] | 40[4] | 17[4] |
Fethaland Lighthouse | | Shetland Islands
| Mainland | 1977 | | Northern Lighthouse Board | 7 | 67 | 19[14] (white), 15 (red) |
Point of Sleat Lighthouse | | Highland
| Isle of Skye | 2003 | | Northern Lighthouse Board | 5 | 20[14] | 9[14] |
Rattray Head lighthouse | | Aberdeenshire [127] | rock with causeway | 1895[128] | David A Stevenson, Charles A Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 34[128] | 28[4] | 18[4] |
Rinns of Islay Lighthouse | | Argyll and Bute [129] | Orsay | 1825[130] | Robert Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 29[130] | 46[4] | 24[4] |
Rona Lighthouse | | Highland [131] | Rona | 1857[132] | David Stevenson, Thomas Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board[132] | 13[132] | 69[4][132] | 19[4][132] |
Rua Reidh Lighthouse | | Highland [133] | mainland | 1912[134][135] | David A Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board[134] | 25[134] | 37[4][134] | 24[4][134] |
Rubha nan Gall Lighthouse | | Argyll and Bute[136] [136] | Isle of Mull | 1857 | Thomas Stevenson, David Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 19 | 17[4] | 15[4] |
Ruvaal Lighthouse | | Argyll and Bute[137], Killarow and Kilmeny[138][139] [138][139] | Islay | 1859[140] | David Stevenson, Thomas Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 34[140] | 45[4] | 19[4] |
Sanda Island Lighthouse | | Argyll and Bute
| Sanda Island | 1850[141] | Alan Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board[141] | 15[141] | 50[4] | 15[4] |
Scarinish Lighthouse | | Argyll and Bute
| Tiree | 1897 | David A Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 3.5 | 11 | 12 |
Scurdie Ness Lighthouse | | Angus [142] | mainland | 1870[67] | David Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 39[143] | 38[4] | 23[4] |
Skerryvore Lighthouse | | Argyll and Bute [144] | Skerryvore | 1844[145] | Alan Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board[145] | 48[145] | 46[4] | 23[4] |
Southerness Lighthouse | | Dumfries and Galloway [146] | mainland | 1749[lower-alpha 2] | Deactivated in 1931. | | 10 | 17 | |
St. Abbs Lighthouse | | Scottish Borders [147] | mainland | 1862[148] | Alan Stevenson, David Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 9[149] | 68[4] | 26[4] |
Start Point Lighthouse | | Orkney Islands [150] | Sanday | 1806[151] | Robert Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 25[151] | 24[14] | 18[14] |
Stoer Head Lighthouse | | Highland [152] | mainland | 1870[153] | Thomas Stevenson, David Stevenson | National Trust for Scotland, Northern Lighthouse Board | 14[153] | 59[4] | 24[4] |
Strathy Point Lighthouse | | Highland [51] | mainland | 1958[154] | Peter H. Hyslop[155] | Northern Lighthouse Board (until 2012) | 14[154] | 45 | 26 |
Stroma Lighthouse | | Highland [51] | Island of Stroma | 1890 | Charles A Stevenson, David A Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board[156] | 23[156] | 32[14] | 20[14][156] |
Sule Skerry Lighthouse | | Orkney Islands [157] | Sule Skerry | 1895[158] | David A Stevenson, Charles A Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board[158] | 27[158] | 34[14] | 21[4] |
Sumburgh Head Lighthouse | | Shetland Islands
| Mainland | 1821[159] | Robert Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 17[159] | 91[4] | 23[4] |
Tarbat Ness Lighthouse | | Highland[160] [160] | mainland | 1830[161] | Robert Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 41[161] | 53[4] | 24[4] |
Tiumpan Head Lighthouse | | Outer Hebrides[162] [162] | Isle of Lewis | 1900[163] | David A Stevenson, Charles A Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 21[163] | 55[4] | 25[4] |
Todhead Lighthouse | | Aberdeenshire [164] | mainland | 1897[165] | David A Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board (until 2007) | 13 | 41[165] | 18[165] |
Tor Ness Lighthouse | | Orkney Islands
| Hoy | 1980[166] | John Smith | Northern Lighthouse Board | 8 | 21[14] | 17[14] |
Toward Point Lighthouse | | Argyll and Bute [167] | mainland | 1812 | Robert Stevenson | Clyde Port Authority | 19 | 21[4][14] | 22[4][14] |
Turnberry Lighthouse | | South Ayrshire[168], Kirkoswald[169] [169] | mainland | 1873[170] | David Stevenson, Thomas Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board | 24 | 29[4][170] | 24[4][170] |
Ushenish Lighthouse | | Outer Hebrides
| South Uist | 1857[171] | Thomas Stevenson, David Stevenson | Northern Lighthouse Board[171] | 12[171] | 54[4] | 19[4] (white), 15[4] (red) |
Vaternish Lighthouse | | Highland [172] | Isle of Skye | 1980[172] | | Northern Lighthouse Board | 7 | 21[14] | 8[14] |
Vaternish Point Lighthouse | | Highland [172] | Isle of Skye | 1924 | John Smith | Northern Lighthouse Board | | | |
Weavers Point Lighthouse | | Outer Hebrides [173] | North Uist | 1980[173] | John Smith | Northern Lighthouse Board | 4 | 24[14] | 7[14] |