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Guarding the northern tip of the Galloway peninsula where Loch Ryan and the North Channel between Ireland and Scotland meet is Corsewall Point Lighthouse. Its beacon has a nominal range of 18 miles and protects the Irish Ferries sailing between Stranraer and Cairnryan in Scotland to Larne and Douglas in Ireland.

Coreswall Point Lighthouse was built in 1817 near Kirkcolm a small village near Stranraer. Robert Stevenson was the engineer and the design included a round tower of 34 meters with the keeper's houses detached from the tower so that dust from domestic fires would not injure the apparatus.

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If you would like to know what it is like to buy a Scottish lighthouse then check out The Last Lighthouse.

You can find more articles in the archive under Lighthouse Beacons From Scotland.

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