Southerness Lighthouse View from NW
SC 450192
Description Southerness Lighthouse View from NW
Date 28/8/1978
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 450192
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Southerness Lighthouse, Kirkcudbrightshire This lighthouse was originally built as an unlighted land mark (beacon) for shipping wishing to enter the Nith estuary. It was converted into a lighthouse in c1795, and heightened in 1842-3. It has not been lit since 1867. This view shows the light from the shore side The lantern and gallery date from the 1842-3 modifications by Walter Newall of Dumfries. The lighthouse is now in private ownership. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H74/229/10
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