Glencallum Bay Lighthouse
Glencallum Bay Lighthouse is a lighthouse on a point on the northernmost side of Glencallum Bay on the Isle of Bute. Its Gaelic name is the Rubh' An Eun which means the point of the birds.Photo: James T M Towill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Bute, Glencallum Bay, Lighthouse”, “Glencallum Bay, Ruvha’an Eun Minor Light”, “Rubh‘ an Eun Lighthouse”, and “Runnaneun Point”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Little Cumbrae and St Blane’s Chapel.
Little Cumbrae
Island
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Little Cumbrae is an island in the Firth of Clyde, in North Ayrshire, Scotland. It lies south of Great Cumbrae, its larger neighbour. The underlying geology is igneous with limited outcrops of sedimentary rock. Little Cumbrae is situated 2 miles east of Glencallum Bay Lighthouse.
St Blane’s Chapel
Church
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Blane’s Chapel is a church, which is situated 1¼ miles west of Glencallum Bay Lighthouse.
Little Cumbrae New Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Little Cumbrae New Lighthouse is situated 1½ miles southeast of Glencallum Bay Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kilchattan Bay and Millport.
Kilchattan Bay
Village
Photo: Andrew Mitchell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kilchattan Bay is a village on the Isle of Bute, Scotland. It lies on the island's southern end, along the coast road at the foot of a steep hill called the Suidhe Chattan which shields the village from the prevailing westerly wind. Kilchattan Bay is situated 1½ miles northwest of Glencallum Bay Lighthouse.
Millport
Photo: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Great Cumbrae is an island in the Firth of Clyde off the coast of Ayrshire, with Millport as its only settlement, and a population of 1376 in 2011. The island is about 3 miles long by 1½ miles wide, roughly tooth-shaped, with a broad bay indenting its south coast.
West Kilbride
West Kilbride is a town in Ayrshire on the Clyde coast, with a population of 4860 in 2022. Named for St Brigit of Kildare, it was traditionally a weaving, potato-growing and sheep-farming town.
Glencallum Bay Lighthouse
- Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.72999° or 55° 43′ 48″ northLongitude
-5.00391° or 5° 0′ 14″ westOpen location code
9C7PPXHW+XCOpenStreetMap ID
way 842757351OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseWikidata ID
Q77770588
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