Tags: Lighthouse, Tower.
Eilean Glas Lighthouse lies in the south at Rubh’ an Eòrna. It was one of the original four lights commissioned by the Commissioners of the Northern Lights and the first in the Hebrides (the others were Kinnaird Head Mull of Kintyre and North Ronaldsay). These lighthouses were built by Thomas Smith.Eilean Glas light was first displayed in 1789. The original tower was replaced in 1824 by Smith’s stepson Robert Stevenson. In 1852 the light was changed to a revolving system lens.
