Executive summary by darmansjah
The most Westerly point on the Isle of Skye, giving
excellent views over Moonen Bay to Waterstein Head and out over the
Minch to the Western Isles.
The sea around the point is teeming with sea-birds including
gannets, black guillemots, razorbills and shags.
The causeway at the tip of Neist Point is home to several
species of rare and unusual plant, including alpine plants such as saxifrages.
The sheltered bays of Neist Point are also excellent places
to fish, with fourteen species of fish being caught in Moonen Bay.
A furore erupted in 2002 when a former owner of the
Lighthouse Cottages installed a toll booth at the Neist Point Car Park and began
charging for access to the Point. The Lighthouse Cottages, together with the
small enclosed area around them, are now owned by Jane Corfield. Neist Point
was used as the dramatic setting for a number of scenes in the movie Breaking
The Waves in 1996, starring Emily Watson. More recently, scenes for the movie,
47 Ronin, starring Keanu Reeves, were filmed on the headland at Neist in
October 2012.
The lighthouse tower is 62 feet high and stands 142 feet
above sea-level. The lighthouse itself is unmanned and owned by the Northern
Lighthouse Board.
Neist Point is renowned for its rock
formations, which are closely akin to those at the Giant's Causeway in Northern
Ireland. For details of the walk down to Neist Point to explore the causeway
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