Qualla: Douglas Head Lighthouse https://qualla.com/douglas-head-lighthouse en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:16 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Douglas Head Lighthouse https://qualla.com/douglas-head-lighthouse Douglas Head Lighthouse: Introduction https://qualla.com/douglas-head-lighthouse/ The Stevenson family did not so much build lighthouses as compose them, an architectural dynasty of Scottish engineers whose names sit on dozens of beacons from Skerryvore to Muckle Flugga. Douglas Head Lighthouse is one of their quieter compositions. David and Thomas Stevenson, brothers — David the uncle and Thomas the father of Robert Louis Stevenson the novelist — finished it in 1857: a stocky white tower planted on a 12-metre cliff at the southern lip of Douglas Bay, its lantern room raised to a total elevation of 32 metres above the sea. The light has flashed white every ten seconds ever since, with one brief, unhappy pause in 1892 when the original tower had to be rebuilt because the rock beneath would not stay still.

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