View from S of lighthouse and foghorn Digital image of C 4262 CN.

Description View from S of lighthouse and foghorn Digital image of C 4262 CN.

Date 1993

Catalogue Number SC 787252

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of C 4262 CN

Scope and Content Lighthouse and foghorn house from south, St Abb's Head Lighthouse, Scottish Borders This shows the lighthouse with its whitewashed single-storeyed base with apsidal end, surmounted by a black, domed lantern. Behind the lighthouse are two fuel tanks. A concrete path with iron railings leads from the lighthouse to the foghorn house on the edge of the cliff. The scaffolding tower behind the horn supports temporary lights used during the process of automation. The building of a lighthouse on St Abb's Head was recommended by the Northern Lighthouse Board after the sinking of a ship called the 'Martello' on Carr Rock in 1857. The light was to serve as a guide to shipping when they had lost sight of either the Bell Rock or Isle of May lighthouses. The nominal range of the light is 46km, and the fog signal sounded one blast every 45 seconds to warn shipping of hazards when the light was obscured by bad weather. St Abb's Head Lighthouse was built in 1862 to designs by engineers David (1815-86) and Thomas Stevenson (1818-87). The squat tower on its single-storeyed base is surmounted by a triangular-paned lantern with domed top, and stands in a dramatic cliff-top position overlooking the North Sea near Coldingham. The complex also includes a foghorn on a single-storeyed base, and a two-storeyed, M-gabled, four-bayed cottage which was used for keepers' accommodation. The light was automated in 1993, and the keepers' houses were adapted for use as holiday homes in 1999. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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