Publication Account

Date 2013

Event ID 979320

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Publication Account

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/979320

Established by the Northern Lighthouse Board in 1870, engineer David and Thomas Stevenson. A white tower 39 metres tall containing 170 steps. The nominal range is 23 nautical miles. The Light flashes every 20 seconds and was automated in 1987.

There are two day mark beacons directing shipping to the appropriate channel.

M Watson, 2013