Tiumpan Head Lighthouse, Isle of Lewis


On Sunday evening during our recent stay in the Outer Hebrides we decided to drive out to Tiumpan Head to see the sunset.

Tiumpan Head, which in Gaelic is Rubha an Tiùmpain, is the end of the Point peninsula on Lewis on which Tiumpan Head Lighthouse has been operational since 1900.

After being refused on several occasions by the Board of Trade, the decision was reversed and a new lighthouse was approved in May 1879.  It took a further 21 years before the light was first shown on the new Tiumpan Head lighthouse on the 1 December 1900.

In 1956 HM Queen Elizabeth II visited the lighthouse with a very young Prince Charles giving the first signal on the newly installed fog horn.




The lighthouse was automated in 1985.

CLICK HERE to visit the Northern Lighthouse Board website for more information on the Tiumpan Head Lighthouse





Unfortunately the sunset wasn't that spectacular from Tiumpan Head
Images taken on a Fujifilm X-T1 and X-Pro1.  Long exposure shots taken with a Lee Big Stopper 10x ND filter and Manfrotto MT190XPro4


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