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Construction
Date 1843
Event ID 551579
Category Building History
Type Construction
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/551579
This lighthouse was built at the mouth of Kirkcudbright Bay to close the gap between those at Mull of Galloway and Southerness (NX13SE 2 and NX95SE 1 respectively). The engineer was Thomas Stevenson and it was first lighted on 1 January 1843, being the first light of catadioptric type, having metallic mirrors above and below the lenses.
R W Munro 1979.
