Carraig Fhada Lighthouse

Travellers arriving in Islay on the Port Ellen ferry sail past a striking square lighthouse tower on a rocky headland to the south of Port Ellen harbour. The headland is known as Carraig Fhada, and the lighthouse tower was built in 1832 by the Laird of Islay, Walter Frederick Campbell in memory of his wife, Lady Ellinor (or Ellenor) Campbell, who died at the age of 36 in that same year of 1832. The building is sometimes called Port Ellen Lighthouse.