Monument record MHG42331 - Dunnet Head Lighthouse & Keeper's House, Walls & Gatepiers
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred ND 2027 7677 (20m by 20m) (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.
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. - HAW 10/2002
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- --- SHG2332 Text/Publication/Volume: Hume, J R. 1977. The industrial archaeology of Scotland 2: The Highlands and Islands. Paper (Original). 190-1; pl. 82.
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Record last edited
Aug 31 2009 4:07PM
