[3] The lighthouse is 45 feet (14 m) high, making it squat in appearance, but the height of the cliffs on which it sits means it can be seen at a distance of 24 miles (39 km) out at sea.

[4] The lighthouse is at grid reference NC003330 at the end of a 5 km long track which branches off the B869 Lochinver to Unapool road.

[5][6] Around 10,000 visitors visit the lighthouse each year, necessitating the construction of a public toilet in 2013.

No doubt, supplies for the lighthouse were similarly transported until roads became passable in the 20th century.

[3] The remoteness of the assignment necessitated a degree of self-sufficiency, and there is ample evidence of their occupation, with the remains of the former byre, stable, cow shed, pig house and cart shed still visible nearby.