Archaeology Notes

Event ID 849652

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/849652

NS37SW 150.01 32051 74859

Shore Lighthouse

(Fixed Green) [NAT]

OS 1:1250 map, 1977.

Shore Lighthouse (fixed green) [NAT]

OS (GIS) AIB, July 2006.

Formerly entered as NS37SW 151 at cited location NS 32044 74860.

Not to be confused with (offshore) Perch Lighthouse (NS 32229 74866), for which see NS37SW 152.

(Port Glasgow 1: location cited as NS 321 748). At W end of E quay: prob. 1870's. Tall tapering circular-section cast-iron tower, flared out at base, with coved cornice. Cylindrical lantern with domed roof and mushroom ventilator. Doorway with moulded lintel. Painted black and white in chequer fashion.

J R Hume 1997.