Archaeology Notes

Event ID 808138

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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Lighthouse (Fixed Red) [NAT] (at NT 2383 7765)

OS 1:1250 map, 1967.

Architect: William Burn

Lighthouses were placed on each breakwater and on the middle pier. Unknown at time of upgrade, 30.11.1999, which was designed by Burn.

EXTERNAL REFERENCE:

RIBA Drawings Collection: 4 designs and elevations by Wm Burn.

(Undated) information in NMRS.

(Granton 3: location cited as NT 239 779). At end of E breakwater: prob. 1930's. Concrete cube with slot on three sides.

J R Hume 1997.

This light is situated on a detached structure just off the end of the breakwater NT27NW 28.03.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 4 May 2001.