TSL Contractors has started improvement works at the community-owned Ardnamurchan Lighthouse Complex in Acharacle, which received support from the Highland Coastal Communities Fund (HCCF).

The site remains closed to the public with no pedestrian or vehicle access.

The full programme includes improvements to the condition of the site's heritage foghorn and viewing platform, the resurfacing of parking areas, better provisions for EV drivers and cyclists, more accessible footpaths and a new scenic seating area designed by landscape architect David Graham of Craignish Design Ltd.

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All actions are intended to make the site’s infrastructure more resilient and more accessible. An overhaul of the signage and interpretation offer will follow later this summer, in conjunction with Archaeology Scotland’s community-led ‘Ardnamurchan: The Real Wild West’ Adopt-a-Monument initiative.

Chairman of Highland Council's Community and Place Committee, Cllr Allan Henderson, said: "We are delighted to have been able to support this excellent community-owned visitor attraction by supporting the Highland Coastal Communities Fund (HCCF) application and easing the Economic Development Burden to allow funding from Scottish Land Fund (SLF).

"This is the type of attraction that helps spread tourists across the area and they get a chance to visit one of our most fragile rural areas."