Bona Lighthouse

Heritage listing

Category B Date Added 05/10/1971 Supplementary Information Updated 30/12/2016 Local Authority Highland Planning Authority Highland Parish Inverness And Bona NGR NH 60192 37715 Coordinates 260192, 837715 — Thomas Telford, circa 1815, with alterations to form a lighthouse circa 1848. 2-storey octagonal former dwelling and lighthouse with various single-storey storage and stable additions extending to the north and east. The group is enclosed to the rear by a high coped rubble wall. The buildings are predominantly all white rendered. There are shallow round-headed recesses to the octagonal ground floor with window openings in alternate bays. There are square recesses in the alternate first floor bays. A first floor oriel window to the west would have contained the former light. The slate roofs are predominantly piended. The former stable area is at the end of the north west range and it retains its setts and central drainage channel. There are three coped stacks with clay cans. The interior was not seen in 2013. All the windows are boarded up. — Bona Lighthouse is a good example of an early canal related structure designed by renowned engineer Thomas Telford and it is an interesting and rare example of an inland light. It sits prominently on a peninsula on Loch Dochfour, at the north end of Loch Ness. It is an important part of the early history of the Caledonian canal. The stretch of water where Bona Lighthouse sits is part of the route taken to access the canal, and is situated adjacent to the end of Loch Ness where the water narrows before flowing into Loch Dochfour. The channel at Bona, from Bon Ath, meaning white ford, was once a major crossing for drove roads. The small quay close to the building is situated at the site of the Bona Ferry crossing (following a General

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.