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Barra Head Lighthouse on Barra Head identifies the southern entrance to The Minch, roughly halfway between the Eilean Glas and Rinns of Islay lighthouses. The 58-foot (18-metre) stone tower, built in 1833, stands on the west side of the island, at the top of a very steep cliff, making the light the highest in the UK with a focal plane of 208 m (682 ft) above sea level. It has a range of 18 nautical miles (21 mi; 33 km). There is no shallow water west of Berneray to break the blow of the Atlantic storms and small fish are sometimes thrown onto the grass on the cliff top. In 1836 Sir Archibald Geikie recorded the movement of a 42-long-ton (43-tonne) block of gneiss across 5 feet (1.5 m) of ground during a violent storm.

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  • Barra Head Lighthouse (en)
  • Maják Barra Head (cs)
  • Barra Head Lighthouse (de)
  • Phare de Barra Head (fr)
  • Barra Head Lighthouse (sv)
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  • Barra Head Lighthouse on Barra Head identifies the southern entrance to The Minch, roughly halfway between the Eilean Glas and Rinns of Islay lighthouses. The 58-foot (18-metre) stone tower, built in 1833, stands on the west side of the island, at the top of a very steep cliff, making the light the highest in the UK with a focal plane of 208 m (682 ft) above sea level. It has a range of 18 nautical miles (21 mi; 33 km). There is no shallow water west of Berneray to break the blow of the Atlantic storms and small fish are sometimes thrown onto the grass on the cliff top. In 1836 Sir Archibald Geikie recorded the movement of a 42-long-ton (43-tonne) block of gneiss across 5 feet (1.5 m) of ground during a violent storm. (en)
  • Das Barra Head Lighthouse, deutsch Barra-Head-Leuchtturm, ist ein Leuchtturm auf der schottischen Hebrideninsel Barra Head. 1971 wurde der Leuchtturm in den schottischen Denkmallisten zunächst in der Kategorie B aufgenommen. 2001 wurde er in die höchste Kategorie A eingestuft. (de)
  • Le phare de Barra Head, (en gaélique écossais : Beàrnaraigh) et en anglais Barra Head Lighthouse, est un phare écossais du Royaume-Uni qui se trouve dans l'ouest de l'île de Barra Head, au sommet de falaises culminant à 190 mètres d'altitude, dans l'archipel des Hébrides extérieures en Écosse. (fr)
  • Barra Head Lighthouse är en fyr på Barra Head Island på Yttre Hebriderna som markerar inseglingen till sundet The Minch mellan ögruppen och det skotska fastlandet. Det är Europas högsta fyr med en lyshöjd på 208 meter. Fyren, som tändes första gången den 15 oktober 1833, ritades av den skotske ingenjören Robert Stevenson och byggdes av James Smith från Inverness. Den var utrustad med en oljelampa som byttes mot en brännare med glödnät år 1906. (sv)
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  • Barra Head Lighthouse (en)
  • Berneray (en)
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  • Barra Head Lighthouse (en)
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  • The lighthouse in 2006 (en)
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  • cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern attached to 1-storey keeper's house (en)
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  • Barra Head Lighthouse on Barra Head identifies the southern entrance to The Minch, roughly halfway between the Eilean Glas and Rinns of Islay lighthouses. The 58-foot (18-metre) stone tower, built in 1833, stands on the west side of the island, at the top of a very steep cliff, making the light the highest in the UK with a focal plane of 208 m (682 ft) above sea level. It has a range of 18 nautical miles (21 mi; 33 km). There is no shallow water west of Berneray to break the blow of the Atlantic storms and small fish are sometimes thrown onto the grass on the cliff top. In 1836 Sir Archibald Geikie recorded the movement of a 42-long-ton (43-tonne) block of gneiss across 5 feet (1.5 m) of ground during a violent storm. (en)
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