Ardmore, Barra

For other places with the same name, see Ardmore (disambiguation).

Ardmhor Scottish Gaelic: Aird Mhòr
Ardmhor Location within the Outer Hebrides
OS grid reference	NF721037
Council area	Na h-Eileanan Siar
Lieutenancy area	Western Isles
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ISLE OF BARRA
Postcode district	HS9
Dialling code	01871
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Scottish Parliament	Na h-Eileanan an Iar

Ardmore Point Lighthouse

Ardmore Point Lighthouse
Location	Ardmore Point Barra Outer Hebrides Scotland United Kingdom
Coordinates	56.656041°N 6.128611°W / 56.656041; -6.128611
Tower
Constructed	1958 (first)
Construction	metal skeletal tower
Automated	2003
Height	5 metres (16 ft)
Shape	quadrangular tower with aluminium panels as daymark
Markings	white tower
Power source	solar power
Operator	Northern Lighthouse Board[1][2]
Light
First lit	2003 (current)
Deactivated	2003 (first)
Focal height	18 metres (59 ft)
Range	13 nautical miles (24 km; 15 mi)
Characteristic	Fl (2) W 10s.

Ardmhor (Scottish Gaelic: Aird Mhòr) is a small village in the north east of the Isle of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland.

In 2002 a small ferry port was built in the village to serve a new ferry link between Barra and Eriskay as part of the Sound of Barra Integrated Transport Project. The ferry service started in spring 2003. A causeway had previously been built linking Eriskay to South Uist. The daily service on the MV Loch Alainn has frequent sailings; the crossing takes approximately 40 minutes. Since 2016, when the Oban–Lochboisdale service ceased, it is the only ferry between Barra and South Uist.

Note that the correct location for the port is as follows, rather than at Aird Mhidhinis as shown on some printed Ordnance Survey maps.

• 
  Ardmhor - Eriskay ferry.
• 
  Ardmhor jetty and breakwater

See also

• List of lighthouses in Scotland
• List of Northern Lighthouse Board lighthouses

References

1. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Scotland: Argyll and Bute". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
2. Ardmore Northern Lighthouse Board. Retrieved 21 May 2016

External links

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