Monument record MHG2240 - Dunnet Head Lighthouse & Keeper's House, Walls & Gatepiers
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred ND 2027 7677 (80m by 80m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | ND27NW |
| Old County | CAITHNESS |
| Civil Parish | DUNNET |
| Geographical Area | CAITHNESS |
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Full Description
(Location cited as ND 203 768). Dunnet Head Lighthouse, established 1831, engineer Robert Stevenson. A simplified standard lighthouse, with a short circular tower in a semicircular base, with a corbelled parapet, and a circular domed diamond-paned lantern. The keepers' houses are plain rectangular buildings. There are two directable foghorns.
J R Hume 1976. <1>
Lighthouse (Circ) with buildings to S. Building to E. Flagstaff to N. Enclosures to S. Tracks to another enclosure to E of this on 1st ed. <2>
Sources/Archives (3)
- --- SHG24382 Image/Photograph(s): Taylor, A. 2007-9. Photographs of various HER sites by Andrew Taylor (CD 1). Colour. Yes. Digital.
- <1> SHG2332 Text/Publication/Volume: Hume, J R. 1977. The industrial archaeology of Scotland 2: The Highlands and Islands. Paper (Original). 190-1; pl. 82.
- <2> SHG23635 Verbal Communication: White, H. Comment by Hilary White, HC Archaeologist. 10/2002.
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Record last edited
Dec 19 2011 10:23AM
