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Chanonry Point, Lighthouse

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Gate Pier(S) (19th Century), Lighthouse (19th Century), Wall (19th Century)

Site Name Chanonry Point, Lighthouse

Classification Gate Pier(S) (19th Century), Lighthouse (19th Century), Wall (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Chanonry Ness; Chanonry Lighthouse

Canmore ID 14399

Site Number NH75NW 70

NGR NH 74944 55704

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/14399

Ordnance Survey licence number AC0000807262. All rights reserved.
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Oblique aerial view of Fortrose and Rosemarkie Golf Course, taken from the NNW.
Oblique aerial view of Fortrose and Rosemarkie Golf Course, taken from the NNW.An oblique aerial view of Fort George, Ardersier, Inverness, looking SW.Aerial view of Chanonry Point, Black Isle, looking SE.Aerial view of Ardersier, looking W.An oblique aerial view of Chanonry Point, Fortrose, Black Isle, looking NE.Aerial view of Chanonry Point, Fortrose, Black Isle, looking SE.General oblique aerial view looking towards the lighthouse with the cathedral and churches in the foreground, taken from the W.View from NNEAn oblique aerial view of the Moray Firth, showing Chanonry Point and Fort George, looking NE.Chanonry Point, Lighthouse View of lighthouse and keeper's cottage looking WLocation view from EOblique aerial viewDistant aerial view of the Moray Firth, Fort George and Chanonry Point, looking NE.Aerial view of Chanonry Point and Fort George, Moray Firth, looking E.Aerial view of Chanonry Point, Fortrose and Rosemarkie, looking SW.Chanonry Point, Lighthouse View of lighthouse and keeper's cottage looking EOblique aerial view centred on the lighthouse, cottages and ferry house, taken from the SW.Oblique aerial view centred on the lighthouse, cottages and ferry house, taken from the SSE.Oblique aerial view centred on the lighthouse, cottages and ferry house, taken from the SE.Location view from SSWGeneral oblique aerial view of Fortrose and Rosemarkie Golf Course, taken from the SW.Oblique aerial view unidentifiedAerial view of Chanonry Ness and the Moray Firth, looking SW.Aerial view of Ardersier, looking W.An oblique aerial view of Chanonry Point, Fortrose, Easter Ross and Fort George, Ardersier, Inverness, looking NE.Aerial view of Fortrose Bay and Chanonry Ness, looking E.Photograph of stereoscopic photographOblique aerial view centred on Chanonry Point Lighthouse, cottages and ferry house, taken from the S.View of Chanonry Point Lighthouse from North East.General oblique aerial view of Fortrose and Rosemarkie Golf Course, taken from the S.Aerial view of Chanonry Ness and the Moray Firth, looking SW.Aerial view of Chanonry Point, Black Isle, looking NE to lighthouse, pier & cottages.Aerial view of the Moray Firth and Chanonry Point, looking W.An oblique aerial view of the Moray Firth, showing Chanonry Point and Fort George, looking NE.View from WSWOblique aerial view of Fortrose and Rosemarkie Golf Course, taken from the NW.Lighthouse, Chanonry, Rosemarkie Parish, HighlandAn oblique aerial view of Chanonry Point, Fortrose, Black Isle, looking NE.Chanonry Point, Lighthouse View from NGeneral oblique aerial view of Fortrose and Rosemarkie Golf Course, taken from the W.Oblique aerial view of Fortrose and Rosemarkie Golf Course, taken from the WNW.Aerial view of Chanonry Point and Inverness, looking SW.Aerial view of Chanonry Point Lighthouse and Pier, looking W.Aerial view of Chanonry lighthouse, Fortrose, Black Isle, looking S.General view from SSWOblique aerial view of Fortrose and Rosemarkie Golf Course, taken from the WSW.General view of Lighthouse and Lighthouse Keeper's CottageAerial view of the Black Isle and Chanonry Point, looking S.Aerial view of Fortrose and Chanonry Point, Black Isle, looking SE.Chanonry Point, Lighthouse, NH75NW 70, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Rosemarkie
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Ross And Cromarty
  • Former County Ross And Cromarty

Archaeology Notes

NH75NW 70.00 74944 55704

NH75NW 70.01 NH 74929 55708 20, Lighthouse Keeper's Cottage

For nearby Ferry Pier (NH 74876 55638) and icehouse (NH 74716 55744), see NH75NW 52 and NH75NW 55 respectively.

Chanonry Lighthouse (occulting white) [NAT]

OS (GIS) AIB, April 2006.

(Location cited as NH 749 558). Chanonry Lighthouse, built 1846, engineer Alan Stevenson. A typical lighthouse of the area, with a short circular tower on a semi-circular single-storey base and a circular triangular-paned lantern with a domed top. The single-storey keepers' houses are Egyptian in style.

J R Hume 1977.

Chanonry: major automatic light. Lit 1846; automated 1984.

Position: N57 34.5 W4 5.4.

Characteristics: occulting white every 6 seconds; nominal range 15 miles.

White tower, 13m high, of architectural and historical interest.

K Allardyce and E M Hood 1986.

Lighthouse - visited.

19th century.

CFA/MORA Coastal Assessment Survey 1998.

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Construction (1846)

Light established in 1846.

K Allardyce and E M Hood 1986

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Photographic Survey (July 1961)

Photographs of buildings at Chanonry Point, Ross and Cromarty, by the Scottish National Buildings Record in 1961.

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Modification (1984)

Automated in 1984.

K Allardyce and E M Hood 1986

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Publication Account (2007)

Chanonry Point Lighthouse

(Institute Civil Engineers Historic Engineering Works no. HEW 2546)

This lighthouse was built in 1846 adjacent to the pier for the ferry across the Moray Firth from Fort George at a cost, including the light-keepers dwellings, of £3570. Its tower is 43 ft high and similar in appearance to nearby Cromarty Lighthouse. Both lighthouses were designed with revolving lights by Alan Stevenson, engineer to the Northern Lighthouse Board, and Chanonry Lighthouse exhibits his innovation of a stronger lantern in bronze with inclined astragals which minimised obscuration of the light beam. The station was automated in 1984.

R Paxton and J Shipway, 2007.

Reproduced from 'Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Highlands and Islands' with kind permission from Thomas Telford Publishers.

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