 At a height of 156 feet ( 48 m ) it is the tallest lighthouse in Scotland . The shore station was at Hynish on Tiree ( which now houses the Skerryvore Lighthouse Museum ) ; operations were later transferred to Erraid , west of Mull . The remoteness of the location led to the keepers receiving additional payments in kind . The light shone without a break from 1844 until a fire in 1954 shut down operations for five years . The lighthouse was automated in 1994 . 
