Dubh Artach

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Dubh Artach outdated, even Dhuheartach or Dhu Heartach, is a small Scottish island rock. It is a part of the group of islands of the Inner Hebrides and belongs administratively to the Unitary Authority Argyll and Bute. Dubh Heartach is located about 26 km south-west of the southwest tip of Mull and west of the west coast of Colon Says. The Northwest Islay located 32 km south-east and the south Tirees 37 km north-west. The island is surrounded by several smaller rocky islands, some of which appear only at low tide. It measures about 70 m × 40 m and consists of basalt. The highest point is about 11 m above sea level.

The name origin is not clarified final. In ancient records we find the spelling " A'Dubh - Iar - stac " ( The black rock of the West). However, one tends today more to the name of "An Uibh - hirteach " derive. Similar to Hirta, the main island of St Kilda, the Gaelic word " Irt " is in it for " Death" were included. Dubh Artach could thus be translated as " the black death ".

Dubh - Artach Lighthouse

Due to the numerous shipwrecks in the later part of the Dhub Artach Lighthouse of the need for a closure of the Lighthouse chain was expressed in this area. Having been in the Marine Region alone during a storm on 30 to December 31, 1865 a total of 24 ships were lost, the construction of a lighthouse was decided. As engineers served the famous lighthouse Bauer Thomas Stevenson and David Stevenson, who had already gained experience with the Leuchtturmbau on small rocky islands in the construction of the Skerryvore lighthouse -. After five years of construction under adverse conditions, the lighthouse was finally completed on the small rocky island in 1872. The cost was around £ 84,000. Since 1971, the Dubh - Artach lighthouse is automated and has been included in the same year in the Scottish lists of monuments in the highest category A.