Name
Image
Area coordinates
Island / mainland
Year built
Designed / built by
Operated by / closed
Tower height
Focal height
Range
Ailsa Craig Lighthouse South Ayrshire 55°15′6″N 5°6′24″W Ailsa Craig 1886 Thomas Stevenson , David A Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board 11[3] 18[4] 17[4]
Ardnamurchan Lighthouse Highland 56°43′38″N 6°13′34″W [5] mainland 1849 Alan Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board [6] 35[6] 55[4] 24[4]
Auskerry Lighthouse Orkney Islands 59°1′33″N 2°34′20″W [7] Auskerry 1866[8] David Stevenson , Thomas Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board 34[8] 34[4] 20[4]
Barns Ness Lighthouse East Lothian [9] 55°59′14″N 2°26′43″W [10] mainland 1899 David A Stevenson , Charles A Stevenson Deactivated 2005 37[11] 36[11] 10[11]
Barra Head Lighthouse Outer Hebrides 56°47′7″N 7°39′13″W [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] 56°4′36″N 2°38′28″W [15] Bass Rock 1902 David Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board 20[16] 46[14] 10[14]
Bell Rock Lighthouse Angus 56°25′58″N 2°23′17″W [17] Inchcape 1810 Robert Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board 36[18] 28[4] 18[4]
Bressay Lighthouse Shetland Islands 60°7′12″N 1°7′17″W [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 59°8′13″N 3°20′21″W Brough of Birsay 1925[21] David A Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board [21] 11[21] 52[4] [21] 18[4] [21]
Buchan Ness Lighthouse Aberdeenshire 57°28′13″N 1°46′28″W [22] mainland 1827[23] Robert Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board 35[23] 40[4] 18[4]
Butt of Lewis Lighthouse Outer Hebrides 58°30′56″N 6°15′39″W [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 58°47′14″N 3°7′53″W [26] South Walls 1858 David Stevenson , Thomas Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board [27] 22[27] 35[27] 13[14] , 18[27]
Cape Wrath Lighthouse Highland 58°37′32″N 4°59′57″W mainland 1828[28] Robert Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board [28] 20[28] 122[4] 22[4]
Chanonry Lighthouse Highland , Fortrose [29] 57°34′26″N 4°5′34″W [29] mainland 1846[30] Alan Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board 13[30] 12[30] 15[30]
Cloch lighthouse Inverclyde 55°56′32″N 4°52′43″W mainland 1797 Thomas Smith , Robert Stevenson Clyde Port Authority 23 24[14] 8[14]
Copinsay Lighthouse Orkney Islands 58°53′47″N 2°40′19″W Copinsay 1915 David A Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board [31] 16[31] 79[4] 21[4]
Corran Point Lighthouse Highland [32] 56°43′15″N 5°14′32″W [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 55°0′25″N 5°9′33″W [33] mainland 1816 Robert Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board [34] 34[34] 34 22[35]
Covesea Skerries Lighthouse Moray , Lossiemouth and Branderburgh[36] 57°43′27″N 3°20′19″W [36] mainland 1846 Alan Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board (until 2012) 36[37] 49[37] 24[37]
Crammag Head Lighthouse Dumfries and Galloway 54°39′53″N 4°57′54″W mainland 1913 David A Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board 7 35[4] 18[4]
Cromarty Lighthouse Highland 57°40′59″N 4°2′11″W [38] mainland 1846 Alan Stevenson Inactive 13[39] 18[39]
Davaar Lighthouse Argyll and Bute 55°25′41″N 5°32′26″W [40] Island Davaar 1854[41] David Stevenson , Thomas Stevenson , and John Barr & CoNorthern Lighthouse Board 20[42] 37[4] 23[4]
Dubh Artach Lighthouse Argyll and Bute 56°7′59″N 6°37′58″W [43] Dubh Artach 1872[44] Thomas Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board 38[44] 44[4] [44] 20[4] [44]
Duncansby Head Lighthouse Highland 58°38′38″N 3°1′31″W mainland 1924 David A Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board 11 67[14] 22[14]
Dunnet Head Lighthouse Highland 58°40′17″N 3°22′35″W [45] mainland 1831[46] Robert Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board [46] 20[46] 105[4] 23[4]
Eilean Glas Lighthouse Outer Hebrides 57°51′25″N 6°38′31″W [47] Scalpay 1789[48] Thomas Smith Northern Lighthouse Board [48] 30[48] 43[4] [48] 23[4] [48]
Elie Ness Lighthouse Fife [49] 56°11′2″N 2°48′46″W [49] mainland 1908 James Laurie Forth Ports [50] 11 15[14] [51] 17[14]
Esha Ness Lighthouse Shetland Islands 60°29′21″N 1°37′38″W [52] Mainland 1925 David A Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board 12[53] 61 25[4]
Fair Isle North Lighthouse Shetland Islands 59°33′8″N 1°36′35″W [54] Fair Isle 1892[55] David A Stevenson , Charles A Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board 14[55] 80[4] 22[4]
South Lighthouse Shetland Islands 59°30′50″N 1°39′10″W [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] 56°4′24″N 2°47′6″W [58] Fidra 1885[50] David A Stevenson , Thomas Stevenson Forth Ports [50] 17[50] 34[4] 15[4]
Fife Ness Lighthouse Fife 56°16′44″N 2°35′9″W 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] 60°27′13″N 1°10′37″W [61] Mainland 1909 David A Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board 9 9 15 (white) , 10 (green) , 10 (red)
Flannan Isles Lighthouse Outer Hebrides 58°17′18″N 7°35′17″W [62] Eilean Mòr 1899[63] David A Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board [64] 23[64] 101[4] [64] 20[4] [64]
Foula Lighthouse Shetland Islands 60°6′45″N 2°3′50″W Foula 1986[65] James Johnson Northern Lighthouse Board 8 36[65] 18[65]
Girdleness Lighthouse Aberdeen 57°8′20″N 2°2′55″W [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] 58°36′53″N 3°32′22″W [70] mainland 1862[71] David Stevenson , Thomas Stevenson Deactivated 2003 17[71] 23[71] 15[71]
Holy Isle Inner Lighthouse North Ayrshire 55°30′44″N 5°4′13″W Holy Island 1877 Thomas Stevenson , David Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board 17 14[4] 6[4]
Holy Isle Outer Lighthouse North Ayrshire 55°31′2″N 5°3′39″W Holy Island 1905 Thomas Stevenson , David Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board 23 38[4] 25[4]
Hoxa Head Lighthouse Orkney Islands 58°49′19″N 3°2′5″W South Ronaldsay 1901[a] David A Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board
Hoxa Head Lighthouse Orkney Islands 58°49′19″N 3°2′5″W South Ronaldsay 1996 Northern Lighthouse Board 7 15[4] 9[4] (white) , 6[4] (red)
Hoy Sound High Light Orkney Islands 58°56′8″N 3°16′23″W Graemsay 1851[67] Alan Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board 33 35[14] 20[72] (white) , 16[72] (red)
Hoy Sound Low Light Orkney Islands [73] 58°56′25″N 3°18′36″W [73] Graemsay 1851[67] Alan Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board 12 17[14] 12[14]
Hyskeir Lighthouse Highland 56°58′8″N 6°40′51″W Hyskeir 1904[74] David A Stevenson , Charles A Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board [74] 39[74] 41[4] [14] 24[4] [14]
Inchkeith Lighthouse Fife 56°2′1″N 3°8′10″W [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] 56°11′8″N 2°33′27″W [78] Isle of May 1816[79] Robert Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board [79] 24[79] 73[4] 22[4]
Isle of May Low Light Fife 56°10′59″N 2°33′7″W Isle of May 1843
Old Isle of May Lighthouse Fife [80] 56°11′9″N 2°33′24″W [81] Isle of May 1635[82] James Maxwell, 1st Earl of Dirletoun
Killantringan Lighthouse Dumfries and Galloway 54°51′42″N 5°8′49″W [83] mainland 1900[84] David A Stevenson Deactivated 2007 22[84] 49[84] 25[84]
New Kinnaird Head Lighthouse Aberdeenshire 57°41′53″N 2°0′15″W [51] mainland 1991 Northern Lighthouse Board 10 25 22
Kinnaird Head Lighthouse Aberdeenshire 57°41′51″N 2°0′14″W [85] [86] [87] [88] [89] [90] mainland 1787 Thomas Smith Northern Lighthouse Board (from 1787 until 1991) , Museum of Scottish Lighthouses (from 1991) 22
Lady Isle Lighthouse South Ayrshire 55°31′38″N 4°44′2″W [51] Lady Isle 1903 David A Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board 15 19[14] 11[14]
Lismore Lighthouse Argyll and Bute 56°27′20″N 5°36′27″W [91] Eilean Musdile 1833 Robert Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board 26[92] 31[4] 17[4]
Little Cumbrae Old Lighthouse North Ayrshire [93] 55°43′15″N 4°57′29″W [94] Little Cumbrae Island 1757 James Ewing
Cumbrae Lighthouse North Ayrshire 55°43′16″N 4°58′1″W [95] Little Cumbrae Island 1793 Thomas Smith Northern Lighthouse Board
Little Cumbrae New Lighthouse North Ayrshire 55°43′14″N 4°58′2″W Little Cumbrae Island 1997 Clyde Port Authority 28[14] 14[14]
Little Ross lighthouse Dumfries and Galloway 54°45′57″N 4°5′6″W [96] Little Ross 1843 Alan Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board 22 50[4] 12[4]
Lother Rock Light Orkney Islands 58°43′48″N 2°58′42″W Lother Rock 1910 David A Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board 12 13 6
Old Monach Lighthouse Outer Hebrides 57°31′33″N 7°41′46″W Shillay 1864 Thomas Stevenson , David Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board 41[97] 47[4] 18[4]
New Monach Light Outer Hebrides 57°31′33″N 7°41′44″W Shillay 1997 Northern Lighthouse Board 5.5[98] 10
Muckle Flugga Lighthouse Shetland Islands 60°51′19″N 0°53′7″W [99] Muckle Flugga Thomas Stevenson , David Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board 20[100] 66[4] 22[4]
Mull of Galloway Lighthouse Dumfries and Galloway [101] 54°38′6″N 4°51′26″W [102] mainland 1830 Robert Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board 26[103] 99[4] 28[4]
Mull of Kintyre Lighthouse Argyll and Bute 55°18′38″N 5°48′12″W [104] mainland 1788[105] Thomas Smith Northern Lighthouse Board 12[105] 91[4] 24[4]
Neist Point Lighthouse Highland 57°25′24″N 6°47′18″W [106] [107] Duirinish peninsula 1909[108] David A Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board [108] 19[108] 43[4] [14] [108] 16[4] [14] [108]
North Rona Lighthouse Outer Hebrides 59°7′17″N 5°48′53″W Rona 1984 Northern Lighthouse Board 13 114[14] 22[14]
North Ronaldsay Lighthouse Orkney Islands [109] 59°23′23″N 2°22′53″W [110] North Ronaldsay 1852 Alan Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board 42[111] 43[4] 24[4]
Dennis Head Old Beacon Orkney Islands [112] 59°23′3″N 2°22′17″W [113] North Ronaldsay 1789[114] Thomas Smith , Robert Stevenson 21
Noss Head Lighthouse Highland 58°28′44″N 3°3′3″W [115] mainland 1849[116] Alan Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board [116] 18[116] 53[4] 25[4] (white) , 21[4] (red)
Noup Head Lighthouse Orkney Islands 59°19′52″N 3°4′13″W [117] Westray 1898[118] David A Stevenson , Charles A Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board [118] 24[118] 79 22
Ornsay Lighthouse Highland 57°8′36″N 5°46′52″W [119] Ornsay 1857[120] Thomas Stevenson , David Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board 19[120] 18[14] 12[14]
Bound Skerry Lighthouse Shetland Islands 60°25′28″N 0°43′41″W [121] Bound Skerry 1858[122] David Stevenson , Thomas Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board 30[122] 44[4] 20[4]
Oxcars Lighthouse Fife [123] 56°1′21″N 3°16′49″W [124] rock 1886[125] David A Stevenson , Thomas Stevenson Forth Ports 22 16 13
Pentland Skerries High Light Orkney Islands 58°41′25″N 2°55′29″W Muckle Skerry 1794 Thomas Smith , Robert Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board [126] 36[126] 52[126] [14] 23[126] [14]
Pladda Lighthouse North Ayrshire 55°25′30″N 5°7′6″W Pladda 1790[127] Thomas Smith Northern Lighthouse Board 29[127] 40[4] 17[4]
Fethaland Lighthouse Shetland Islands 60°38′3″N 1°18′41″W Mainland 1977 Northern Lighthouse Board 7 67 19[14] (white) , 15 (red)
Point of Sleat Lighthouse Highland 57°1′6″N 6°1′3″W Isle of Skye 2003 Northern Lighthouse Board 5 20[14] 9[14]
Rattray Head lighthouse Aberdeenshire 57°36′36″N 1°48′59″W [128] rock with causeway 1895[129] David A Stevenson , Charles A Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board 34[129] 28[4] 18[4]
Rinns of Islay Lighthouse Argyll and Bute 55°40′23″N 6°30′48″W [130] Orsay 1825[131] Robert Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board 29[131] 46[4] 24[4]
Rona Lighthouse Highland 57°34′41″N 5°57′33″W [132] Rona 1857[133] David Stevenson , Thomas Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board [133] 13[133] 69[4] [133] 19[4] [133]
Rua Reidh Lighthouse Highland 57°51′32″N 5°48′43″W [134] mainland 1912[135] [136] David A Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board [135] 25[135] 37[4] [135] 24[4] [135]
Rubha nan Gall Lighthouse Argyll and Bute [137] 56°38′19″N 6°3′58″W [137] Isle of Mull 1857 Thomas Stevenson , David Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board 19 17[4] 15[4]
Ruvaal Lighthouse Argyll and Bute [138] , Killarow and Kilmeny[139] [140] 55°56′11″N 6°7′25″W [139] [140] Islay 1859[141] David Stevenson , Thomas Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board 34[141] 45[4] 19[4]
Sanda Island Lighthouse Argyll and Bute 55°16′29″N 5°34′58″W Sanda Island 1850[142] Alan Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board [142] 15[142] 50[4] 15[4]
Scarinish Lighthouse Argyll and Bute 56°30′1″N 6°48′15″W Tiree 1897 David A Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board 3.5 11 12
Scurdie Ness Lighthouse Angus 56°42′6″N 2°26′14″W [143] mainland 1870[67] David Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board 39[144] 38[4] 23[4]
Skerryvore Lighthouse Argyll and Bute 56°19′23″N 7°6′58″W [145] Skerryvore 1844[146] Alan Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board [146] 48[146] 46[4] 23[4]
Southerness Lighthouse Dumfries and Galloway 54°52′22″N 3°35′43″W [147] mainland 1749[b] Deactivated in 1931. 10 17
St. Abbs Lighthouse Scottish Borders 55°54′58″N 2°8′20″W [148] mainland 1862[149] Alan Stevenson , David Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board 9[150] 68[4] 26[4]
Start Point Lighthouse Orkney Islands 59°16′39″N 2°22′33″W [151] Sanday 1806[152] Robert Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board 25[152] 24[14] 18[14]
Stoer Head Lighthouse Highland 58°14′24″N 5°24′9″W [153] mainland 1870[154] Thomas Stevenson , David Stevenson National Trust for Scotland , Northern Lighthouse Board 14[154] 59[4] 24[4]
Strathy Point Lighthouse Highland 58°35′55″N 4°1′7″W [51] mainland 1958[155] Peter H. Hyslop[156] Northern Lighthouse Board (until 2012) 14[155] 45 26
Stroma Lighthouse Highland 58°41′45″N 3°7′0″W [51] Island of Stroma 1890 Charles A Stevenson , David A Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board [157] 23[157] 32[14] 20[14] [157]
Sule Skerry Lighthouse Orkney Islands 59°5′3″N 4°24′24″W [158] Sule Skerry 1895[159] David A Stevenson , Charles A Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board [159] 27[159] 34[14] 21[4]
Sumburgh Head Lighthouse Shetland Islands 59°51′14″N 1°16′29″W Mainland 1821[160] Robert Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board 17[160] 91[4] 23[4]
Tarbat Ness Lighthouse Highland [161] 57°51′54″N 3°46′36″W [161] mainland 1830[162] Robert Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board 41[162] 53[4] 24[4]
Tiumpan Head Lighthouse Outer Hebrides [163] 58°15′40″N 6°8′20″W [163] Isle of Lewis 1900[164] David A Stevenson , Charles A Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board 21[164] 55[4] 25[4]
Todhead Lighthouse Aberdeenshire 56°53′2″N 2°12′55″W [165] mainland 1897[166] David A Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board (until 2007) 13 41[166] 18[166]
Tor Ness Lighthouse Orkney Islands 58°46′43″N 3°17′47″W Hoy 1980[167] John Smith Northern Lighthouse Board 8 21[14] 17[14]
Toward Point Lighthouse Argyll and Bute 55°51′44″N 4°58′47″W [168] mainland 1812 Robert Stevenson Clyde Port Authority 19 21[4] [14] 22[4] [14]
Turnberry Lighthouse South Ayrshire [169] , Kirkoswald[170] 55°19′33″N 4°50′41″W [170] mainland 1873[171] David Stevenson , Thomas Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board 24 29[4] [171] 24[4] [171]
Ushenish Lighthouse Outer Hebrides 57°17′54″N 7°11′35″W South Uist 1857[172] Thomas Stevenson , David Stevenson Northern Lighthouse Board [172] 12[172] 54[4] 19[4] (white) , 15[4] (red)
Vaternish Lighthouse Highland 57°36′29″N 6°38′3″W [173] Isle of Skye 1980[173] Northern Lighthouse Board 7 21[14] 8[14]
Vaternish Point Lighthouse Highland 57°36′29″N 6°38′3″W [173] Isle of Skye 1924 John Smith Northern Lighthouse Board
Weavers Point Lighthouse Outer Hebrides 57°36′30″N 7°6′0″W [174] North Uist 1980[174] John Smith Northern Lighthouse Board 4 24[14] 7[14]