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  Bellrock.org.uk : Stevensons : RLS, Erraid and Dubh Artach
Bellrock.org.uk : Stevensons : RLS, Erraid and Dubh Artach
It would be fair to say that without Dubh Artach and RLS's subsequent book "Kidnapped", the tiny island of Erraid would probably never have been heard of by the general public.
Dubh Artach, the rock lighthouse for which Erraid was the shore station, has been automated.
www.bellrock.org.uk /stevensons/stevenson_erraid.htm   (1375 words)

  
 Columba’s Sacred Isle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Dubh Artach was built by Thomas and David Stevenson in 1872 on a rock at the southern extremity of the Torran reef.
Skerryvore along with Barra Head lighthouse in the Outer Hebrides, Dubh Artach, the Rhinns of Islay lighthouse on the west side of Islay and the Mull of Kintyre lighthouse form a line of lights that mark the safe extremity for ship’s approaching the North Channel, Firth of Clyde and Irish Sea from the Atlantic.
It was from Erraid that the Stevensons serviced their building of Dubh Artach and Skerryvore - it must have been a hard existence as Erraid receives the full force of the wild Atlantic.
www.btinternet.com /~Paddlers/MVBalmoral/articles/000501   (1228 words)

  
 Dubh Artach - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dubh Artach is a remote skerry off the west coast of Scotland.
Dubh Artach used to be known as Dhuheartach and there is no consensus on the root of the name although it is of Old Irish origin.
This Argyll and Bute location article is a stub.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dubh_Artach   (113 words)

  
 Work begins on Dubh Artach lighthouse west of Mull
Dubh Artach is a name that terrified mariners in the Victorian age.
Barracks were built next to the construction site and on several occasions rocks or even part of the barracks were washed away by the power of the sea.
Dubh Artach was one of the first lighthouses to be built with the aid of steam engines thus relieving the men of the strain of heavy physical work.
www.lighthousemuseum.org.uk /history/timeline2e.html   (194 words)

  
 ► » Gaelicc > German or English   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
I somewhere found "dubh" meaning "dark, fl or evil".
And is it possible to translate "artach" or is it just a placename
Dubh Artach whose name means "the fl one of death,
www.science-chat.org /Gaelicc-German-or-English-454572.html   (241 words)

  
 Lighthouses of Scotland's West Coast
They then served as the onshore keeper's quarters for Dubh Artach and (beginning in 1892) for Skerryvore Light as well.
(After 1952 off-duty keepers lived at Oban until Dubh Artach was automated in 1971 and Skerryvore in 1994.) The buildings have been sold to a foundation which supports a residential community.
Located on the north side of the Isle of Erraid, just off the southwestern tip of the Isle of Mull about 5 km (3 mi) south of Fionnphort; the signal tower is at the highest point of the island, at an elevation of 75 m (246 ft).
www.unc.edu /~rowlett/lighthouse/sctw.htm   (8760 words)

  
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 Bell Rock Lighthouse - The Stevensons   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
He spent three weeks on the island when his father and uncle were building the Dubh Artach lighthouse, completed in 1872.
The short walk from the road end to the sandy cockle strand, which separates Erraid from Mull, is one of the loveliest spots in the entire Inner Hebridean island complex.
It was also Thomas who first visited Dubh Artach (a lonely rock situated to the south-west of Mull) in 1864 and decided that a lighthouse should be built there.
www.erraid.fslife.co.uk /pages/stevensons.htm   (4669 words)

  
 Erraid 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Because of the danger from the Torran Rocks and Dubh Artach rock mentioned in the previous chapter, in the mid 1800's there began to be some interest in building a lighthouse signal in the area, and the Commissioners of the Northern Lighthouse Board established a subcommittee to look into the matter.
In May of 1867, David Stevenson visited Erraid to begin offloading materials and equipment onto Dubh Artach, to set out buoys marking dangers for the passage between the Rock and Erraid, and to stake out the position and extent of the ground to be utilised for the shore station.
The construction of the Light on Dubh Artach was difficult, because of the weather conditions and the rough nature of the sea around the rock.
www.carolriddell.co.uk /Erraid%201.html   (8773 words)

  
 Lighthouse Beacons From Scotland - Dubh Artach Lighthouse   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Lighthouse Beacons From Scotland - Dubh Artach Lighthouse
Dubh Artach located on an isolated Torran Reef off the Ross of Mull lying in a stormy stretch between the Rinns of Islay and Skerryvore was built in 1872 with Robert Stevenson as the engineer.
It is on an isolated mass of basaltic rock with a round fl top rising 35 feet above high water, with deep water on all sides and a great submarine valley stretching out to the Atlantic which ensures that landing will usually be difficult and in stormy weather impossible.
www.scottishradiance.com /light/light9811.htm   (184 words)

  
 Gaelicc = German or English   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Owain schrieb: ="Dubh Artach located on an isolated Torran Reef off the Ross of Mull lying =in a stormy stretch between the Rinns of Islay and Skerryvore was built in =1872 with Robert Stevenson as the engineer.
It is on an isolated mass of =basaltic rock with a round fl top" (which is consistent with a meaning of =fl stone given above) Yes.
And is it possible to translate "artach" or is it just a placename without a meaning or with its meaning unknown Walter?
www.forum-one.org /new-454572-4340.html   (384 words)

  
 Dubh Artach Dating   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
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 Seaview Bed and Breakfast Accommodation, Isle of Mull. One minute from Iona Ferry.
His father was the engineer who quarried the islands grey granite for use in constructing Skerryvore and Dubh Artach lighthouses.
Visitors can see the disused quarry and granite blocks and the magnificent stone cottages of the lighthouse keepers.
limb to the observatory, which was the only means of communication between Dubh Artach Lighthouise (10 miles away) and mainland Erraid.
www.seaview-mull.co.uk /isles.htm   (818 words)

  
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 Re: Gaelicc > German or English
Is there anybody who could please tell me the meaning of the scottish
'fl quarry', 25 km west of Colonsay http://www.edinburghgeolsoc.org/z_37_08.html Dubh Artach whose name means "the fl one of death, http://www.sentinelpublications.com/waves.htm
without a meaning or with its meaning unknown An alternative spelling is given as Dbu Heartach at http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/features/featurefirst7152.html "Dubh Artach located on an isolated Torran Reef off the Ross of Mull lying in a stormy stretch between the Rinns of Islay and Skerryvore was built in 1872 with Robert Stevenson as the engineer.
www.usenet.com /newsgroups/sci.lang.translation/msg04734.html   (169 words)

  
 Chicken Rock Light   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Built 1869-1874 to a design by David and Thomas Stevenson.
Very similar to Dubh Artach which was constructed at the same time.
The design is of a 125ft (38m) granite tower.
www.isle-of-man.com /manxnotebook/maritime/lighthse/lh_crock.htm   (144 words)

  
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 Edinburgh Geologist - Red rocks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Interestingly, the summit near which the Inaccessible Pinnacle stands (and it could be argued that it is geological forces that make it so inaccessible) is Sgurr Dearg, 'red peak'.
Further south, rhyolites and breccias on Mull give the name Sgurr Dearg to one of the prominent peaks on the island, but there is a paucity of red place names.
Of course, there is a corresponding wealth of fl ones: Eilean Dubh, Staffa, several An Dubh-sgeirs as well as Clach Dhubh, 'fl rock' off Skye, Dubh Artach, 'fl quarry', 25 km west of Colonsay and, still further offshore, Blackstones Bank itself.
www.edinburghgeolsoc.org /z_37_08.html   (1434 words)

  
 Erraid 3   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
In 1996, an accurate replica of the original lookout, built in a Dutch workshop at considerable expense, was reassembled on the Erraid pier from numbered pieces.
It was lifted into place by a helicopter, and aligned exactly as the original had been, with the observatory windows facing Dubh Artach and Skerryvore.
Skerryvore and Dubh Artach radio transmitters, Inch Keith (Bound receipts and correspondence 1919-1945).
www.carolriddell.co.uk /Erraid%203.html   (14469 words)

  
 Avilion's on-line log
We passed south about Colonsay then east of Dubh Artach, motoring during occasional lulls, but mainly sailing close hauled in moderate or rough seas and a foul tide.
The weather was by now showers rather than steady rain and the visability improved.
Had a good sail through Sound of Luing in S4, then motored into Eilean Dubh anchorage in dark with considerable assistance from the full moon.
www.yotblog.com /index.php?u=DaveS   (11760 words)

  
 Rambles: Mat Dickson, The Keeper's Log   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
His lifelong interest in lighthouses and their keepers (beginning with his fascination for the Needles Lighthouse off the Isle of Wight) led him to record this and his previous album as a tribute to those who safeguard Britain's shores and those who sail her seas.
With alluring titles such as "Skerryvore Skies," "Iona Sunrise" and "Dubh Artach" (named after a lighthouse off the coast of Mull) I was hoping to get a much more authentic feel for the Inner Hebrides as I listened.
A Scottish theme does indeed run through the music, though it always plays second fiddle to the electronic ambient sounds.
www.rambles.net /dickson_keepers03.html   (306 words)

  
 Hebrides and west coast of Scotland: The social and cultural importance of the coastal fishing communities and their ...
It was undertaken entirely by the Stevenson family of engineers from whom came the writer Robert Louis Stevenson.
They built lights at strategic points on the Mull of Kintyre, Scalpay, the Butt of Lewis, Cape Wrath, Barra, Skerryvore, Dubh Artach, the Flannans and Skye[71].
These were an incalculable boon to fishing boats and merchant vessels plying the west coast.
www.fao.org /DOCREP/004/Y1290E/y1290e0i.htm   (15562 words)

  
 Ainmneacha Plandaí is Ainmhithe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
flheads [= common knapweed] Centaurea nigra cnapán m1 dubh (brealla fpl gorma, ceanna mpl dubha, mínscoth f3, mullach m1 dubh)
flthorn (sloe) Prunus spinosa draighean m1 (draighean donn, draighean dubh, draighneán m1, draighneán donn)
common knapweed (flheads) Centaurea nigra cnapán m1 dubh (brealla fpl gorma, ceanna mpl dubha, mínscoth f3, mullach m1 dubh)
www.acmhainn.ie /tearmai/plandai.htm   (5823 words)

  
 Celtic Tribes of Scotland
Elianan Beg (Small Islands): In the Hebridean Sea.
of Skye: Canna, Cuillen (Soay), Rùm (Phoebus Island), Eigg, Muck (Pig Island), Sanda (Sanday), Oigh-Sgeir (Reef), Garbh Sgeir (Rough Reef), Humla, Eileananan Each, Eilean Chathastail (Castle Island), Dubh Sgeir (Black Reef), Eagamol
Mull, Eilean Chalmain (Dove Island), Erraid, Iona (White Moon), Eorsa, Laggan Ullamh Dha (Ulva), Little Colonsay (Little Hazel Island), Gometra, Staffa (Fingal’s Cave), Cairn na Burgh Mòr (Cairnburgh), Cairn na Burgh Beag (Little Cairnburgh), Eilean na Monich (Black Moss Island), Tiree (Grain Land), Gunna, Coll, Calve, Dubh Artach (Black Bear), Glenans (Green Islands)
www.tartanplace.com /tartanlegend/celtictribes.html   (668 words)

  
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Dubh Artach - Argyll and Bute 56.13N 06.63W NM122029
Dubh Eilean - Argyll and Bute 56.01N 06.27W NR337886
Dubs Burn - East Ayrshire 55.60N 04.27W NS571370
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