A visitor from Japan

A visitor from Japan

This week, the Mull of Galloway Trust and the Northern Lighthouse Board have been very happy to host a visit by Mr Hideki Noguchi, the Chair of the Digital Technologies Committee of the IALA (International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse...
Keeping Time…

Keeping Time…

Many lighthouses – particularly those designed and built by Stevenson – used to have a sundial somewhere in the lighthouse grounds. The lighthouse at the Mull of Galloway was no different but the plinth holding the sundial has been empty for many a year....
Lighthouse Poem

Lighthouse Poem

An email sent to the Mull of Galloway Trust: My name is Marjorie Sellar and thought I would contact you to share something related to the lighthouse. In 2011 my mother, May McCrystal (who was 81 at the time and is still with us and with all her faculties) visited the...
Engine Switch-On

Engine Switch-On

Kelvin Diesel Engine Switch-On On Sunday 30th April 2017 there was a very memorable occasion at the Mull of Galloway Lighthouse. Two of the 1955 Kelvin Diesel engines were officially switched on after being silent for 30 years. There was a special event to mark the...
New for 2016

New for 2016

The 2016 season at the Mull of Galloway The 2016 season is almost upon us and the Lighthouse and Exhibition open on Friday 25th March at 10am. Due to the popularity of our additional opening hours last year we have extended opening hours for the Lighthouse again this...