In 1814, a Mr Kirkman Finley applied to the Trade of Clyde for a lighthouse on Corsewall Point.

That same year, the Principal Keeper was reported for incompetence after falling asleep while on duty.

The Keeper was suspended and demoted becoming an assistant at Bell Rock Lighthouse.

In 1994, the light was automated and monitored from the Northern Lighthouse Board in Edinburgh.

[3][4][5] In 1892, three engineers who were installing a new light hid a message in a bottle at the lighthouse.