Bell Rock Lighthouse

The Bell Rock Lighthouse, off the coast of , is the world's oldest surviving sea-washed lighthouse. It was built between 1807 and 1810 by Robert Stevenson on the Bell Rock in the , 11 miles east of the .
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Inchcape.

or the Bell Rock is a reef about 11 miles off the east coast of , near and , occupied by the Bell Rock Lighthouse. The name comes from the Scottish Gaelic Innis Sgeap, meaning "beehive isle", probably comparing the shape of the reef to old-style skep beehives.

Bell Rock Lighthouse

Latitude
56.43437° or 56° 26′ 4″ north
Longitude
-2.38683° or 2° 23′ 13″ west
Open location code
9C8VCJM7+P7
Geo­Names ID
11694307
Wiki­data ID
Q2305375
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Bell Rock Lighthouse” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Bell Rock
  • Arabic: منارة بيل روك
  • Arabic: منارة صخرة الجرس
  • Arabic: مناره بيل روك
  • Asturian: Faru de Bell Rock
  • Cebuano: Bell Rock
  • Chinese: 貝爾燈塔
  • Chinese: 贝尔灯塔
  • Czech: Maják Bell Rock
  • Dhivehi: ބެލް ރޮކް ލައިޓް ހައުސް
  • Dutch: Bell Rock Lighthouse
  • French: Bell Rock
  • French: phare de Bell Rock
  • French: Phare de Bell Rock
  • German: Bell Rock Lighthouse
  • German: Leuchtturm von Bell Rock
  • Hebrew: המגדלור בבל רוק
  • Italian: Faro di Bell Rock
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Bell Rock
  • Polish: Latarnia morska Bell Rock
  • Russian: Белл-Рок
  • Russian: Маяк Белл Рок
  • Russian: Маяк Белл-Рок
  • Scottish Gaelic: Taigh-solais Bell Rock
  • Spanish: Faro de Bell Rock
  • Swedish: Bell Rock fyr
  • Swedish: Bell Rock
  • Turkish: Bell Rock Deniz Feneri
  • Welsh: Goleudy Bell Rock

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