Lighthouse On Visit To Davaar Island East Coast Of Kintyre Argyll and Bute Scotland

Tour Scotland travel video clip, with Scottish music, of the lighthouse on visit to Davaar Island, Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Dà Bhàrr, is located at the mouth of Campbeltown Loch off the east coast of Kintyre, in Argyll and Bute. It is a tidal island, linked to the mainland by a natural shingle causeway called the Dhorlin near Campbeltown at low tide. The crossing can be made in around 40 minutes. Davaar was known as the island of Sanct Barre between the years 1449 to 1508. The island is also known for its seven caves, one of which contains a life size cave painting depicting the crucifixion, painted in 1887 by local artist Archibald MacKinnon after he had a vision in a dream suggesting him to do so. Davaar Island is one of 43 tidal islands that can be walked to from the mainland of Great Britain and one of 17 that can be walked to from the Scottish mainland. In 1854, a Lighthouse was built on the north of the island by the lighthouse engineers David and Thomas Stevenson. The lighthouse was automated in 1983, and today, Davaar is inhabited by caretakers, sheep, goats and mink. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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