Flada Lighthouse
Argyllshire
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Located on the largest of the Slate islands about
15 miles southwest of Oban. Fladda sits between Belnahua and Luing in the Sound
of Luing, and is home to a large colony of terns.
The first recorded history of Fladda shows that
it was owned by John Stevenson in 1858. He was a whiskey distiller in Oban. The
island was originally spelt 'Phladda' but at the turn of the century this was
changed by the Northern Lighthouse Board because they had another island with a
lighthouse on it called Phladda in the Firth of Clyde.
The lighthouse is the main feature of the
island and it marks the entrance to the Sound of Luing. It was built by David
and Thomas Stevenson in 1860. It is a white conical tower with a black lantern.
It was automated in 1956.
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