Lady's Rock

Not to be confused with Lady Isle.
Lady's Rock Lighthouse

Lady's Rock with Isle of Mull in the background.
Argyll and Bute
Location Lady's Rock
Argyll and Bute
Scotland
United Kingdom
Coordinates 56°26′55″N 5°37′02″W / 56.448515°N 5.617230°W / 56.448515; -5.617230Coordinates: 56°26′55″N 5°37′02″W / 56.448515°N 5.617230°W / 56.448515; -5.617230
Year first constructed 1907 (first)
Year first lit 2001 (current)
Automated 2001
Construction lower stone tower and upper skeletal tower covered by aluminium panels with light on the top
Tower shape square frustum tower
Markings / pattern white tower, red aluminium panels on the top
Height 12 metres (39 ft)
Focal height 12 metres (39 ft)
Light source solar power
Range 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi)[1]
Characteristic Fl W 6s.
Admiralty number A4172
NGA number 4068
ARLHS number SCO-118
Managing agent Northern Lighthouse Board[2]

Lady's Rock is a skerry to the south west of Lismore in the Inner Hebrides. It is submerged at high tide and carries a navigation beacon.[3] Eilean Musdile is to the north east, next to Lismore.

History

In 1527, Lachlan Maclean of Duart decided to murder his wife, Lady Catherine Campbell, a sister of Archibald Campbell, 4th Earl of Argyll. He rowed out to the rock one night at low tide and left his wife stranded on the rock to die.[4][5] Looking out the next day from Duart Castle he observed the rock was devoid of life, so he sent a message of condolence to the earl at Inveraray Castle, indicating that he intended to bring his wife's body there for burial. Maclean duly arrived at Inveraray with an entourage of men and the coffin. He was immediately taken to the dining hall of the castle for refreshment only to discover Lady Catherine waiting for him at the head of the table. She had been rescued during the night by boat from Tayvallich[6] (or possibly Lismore[4]) that had passed by the rock.

No word was said of the incident by Argyll or his sister during the meal and Maclean was allowed to make his escape. He was murdered in his bed in Edinburgh some time later by Sir John Campbell of Calder, Lady Catherine's brother.[6]

See also


Footnotes

  1. ↑ Lady’s Rock Light Mull Historical & Archaeological Society. Retrieved 23 May 2016
  2. ↑ Lady's Rock The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 23 May 2016
  3. ↑ Murray (1977) pp. 157-58
  4. 1 2 "The Lady's Rock - Lismore in Alba". Clan MacLea. Retrieved 2009-07-25.
  5. ↑ Murray (1977) p. 158 states the incident took place in 1523.
  6. 1 2 Murray (1977) p. 158

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