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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 855342
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/855342
NO87SW 46.04 c. 8264 7074
For upper leading light ('Gourdon 2') at NO 82612 70887, see NO87SW 46.05.
Beacon (Fixed Green or Red) [NAT] (at NO 8264 7074
OS 1:2500 map, 1969.
(Gourdon 1 ('lower leading light'): location cited as NO 827 707). On the inner wall of the harbour: late 19th century. A square-section brick tower. Light set behind small rectangular window below top, with larger opening above housing foghorn.
J R Hume 1997.
The location of this beacon cannot be ascertained from the available map evidence. It is not specifically noted on either the 1969 edition of the OS 1:2500 map or the (GIS) AIB (as at April 2006).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 3 April 2006.
