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The island provides good shelter to a natural harbour which is overlooked by the village of Isleornsay. The Ornsay lighthouse stands on the neighbouring islet, Eilean Sionnach.
The Isleornsasy lighthouse is an active light located on the Ornsay tidal isle. It was built in 1857 on a project by Thomas and David Stevenson; it is a masonry tower with gallery, lantern and keeper’s house. The apparatus installed entered in service on 10 November 1857, it was improved in the lenses system in order to show the light strength according to the distance to be shown. The lighthouse is equipped with a battery backup for fourteen days to keep working the emergency light; it was modernized in 1988 when mains power was installed. The lighthouse emits a white occulting light every 8 seconds and was automated in 1962.
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- Landmark