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Field Visit
Date 10 August 2005
Event ID 550979
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/550979
The original high lighthouse is shown on the 1st Edition of the OS 6-inch map (Forfarshire, 1855-65, sheet lv), at the N end of the lighouse keepers cottage (NO 53907 30992). It has been reduced to its lower courses and is now incorporated into the rest of the building. It has had a slated roof added at the same level as the adjacent cottages. Internally part of the spiral staircase survives, ending abruptly at the new roof level. The original stone flagged flooring is also in situ.
The keepers cottage (NO 53904 30986), is stone built, two storeys high with a slated roof. The lighthouse and cottage are dated to around 1820.
About 25m NE (NO 53930 30989) is another smaller cottage, stone built, single storey and slated with what may be an external toilet at the N end. This building is not shown on the 1st edition 6-inch map (ibid), but does appear with a smaller hut on the 1901 edition.
The old lighthouse is clearly depicted on the 1st edition OS 25-inch scale maps (Forfarshire, sheet lv), but by the 2nd edition 6-inch, Forfarshire, 1901, sheet lv) after the newer brick built whitewashed lighthouse of 1865 (NO53SW 93), had been constructed, only the curved N end of the lighthouse keepers cottage is evidence on the map of the original lighthouse.
The old lighthouse, cottages and new lighthouse (NO53SW 93), are now surrounded by a barbed-wire fence and in use by the Army Cadet Training units (ACT) for their summer camps. There are four small concrete sentry boxes incorporated into the perimeter fence.
Visited by RCAHMS (DE, SW), 10 August 2005
