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Eilean Glas Lighthouse

Eilean Glas Lighthouse is an area of outstanding beauty and is of high historical importance. To view the images on this page in more detail just click on the thumbnails.
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Setting off from the "road end", by the Ministry of Defence Beacon, you are faced with a considerable walk across open moorland. The way has been marked with long poles.
If the weather is good the walk to Eilean Glas Lighthouse can be very pleasant. You are likely to see various types of flora and fauna including Grouse and the dreaded wild mink!
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As you approach the lighthouse you come to a large dry stone wall with a gate. It is at this point that you begin to see the work that went into building this place. There is still clear evidence of the vast plots linked by a simple road all built by hand. In the distance you can see the Isle of Skye.
After passing through the gate and reaching the brow of a hill you are faced with a steep decent down to the beach area. The path down was paved but is now eroded making the descent difficult for some.
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