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Portknockie Harbour, South Breakwater, Leading Light
Beacon (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Portknockie Harbour, South Breakwater, Leading Light
Classification Beacon (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Portnockie Harbour; Portknockie Harbour, Lighthouse
Canmore ID 17400
Site Number NJ46NE 24.01
NGR NJ 48637 68648
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/17400
- Council Moray
- Parish Rathven
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Banffshire
NJ46NE 24.01 48637 68648
Leading Light (Fixed White) [NAT]
OS (GIS) AIB, April 2006.
Location formerly entered as NJ 4864 6865 .
(Portknockie: location cited as NJ 487 687). On S side of harbour entrance: c. 1890. Using top of concrete harbour wall as base. Small cylindrical steel tower with conical roof and cylindrical ventilator. Simple iron railing. Light reached by footholds set in concrete of wall. Similar to lights at Banff and Whitehills.
J R Hume 1997.
