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Barns Ness, Lighthouse And Keepers' Cottages
Lighthouse (19th Century), Lighthouse Keepers House(S) (19th Century)
Site Name Barns Ness, Lighthouse And Keepers' Cottages
Classification Lighthouse (19th Century), Lighthouse Keepers House(S) (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Barnsness Lighthouse; Barn's Ness; Outer Forth Estuary; Firth Of Forth
Canmore ID 58823
Site Number NT77NW 37
NGR NT 72317 77236
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/58823
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Dunbar
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT77NW 37.00 72317 77236
NT77NW 37.01 NT 72303 77219 North Keeper's Cottage
NT77NW 37.02 NT 72304 77209 South Keeper's Cottage
Barnsness Lighthouse
(Flashing White) [NAT]
OS (GIS) AIB, May 2006.
(Location cited as NT 723 772). Barns Ness Lighthouse, established 1901, engineer D A Stevenson. A tall, slightly tapering; circular-section tower with circular lantern with triangular panes and domed top. The keepers' houses are, as usual, single-storey, flat-roofed structures, harled, with the quoins exposed.
J R Hume 1976.
At the time of the RCAHMS photographic survey, August 1998, the lighthouse compound included a Sundial, Flagpole, and Keepers' House. The lighthouse itself was painted a plain white without any red strips. The lintel over the door to the tower gives a date of 1901. The contacts at the time were a Mr and Mrs R Terry. This survey was carried out in order to enhance the existing holdings of the National Monuments Record of Scotland. There was also, at the time of the survey, a proposal to demolish the complex.
Visited by RCAHMS (MKO), August 1998.
This shore lighthouse was built by D A Stevenson, and first lit in 1901; its construction in an accessible location presented no special difficulties. It was machine-gunned from the air soon after the start of the Second World War.
In April 1966, the lighthouse was electrified with a sealed-beam system of up to 1,300,000 cp. This was the first installation of its type in the Northern Lighthouse service. It was automated in 1986.
R W Munro 1979; K Allardyce and E M Hood 1986; K Allardyce 1998; S Krauskopf 2001.
This lighthouse has been taken out of service, and made available for sale.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 28 April 2006.
Photographic Survey (August 1998)
At the time of the RCAHMS photographic survey, August 1998, the lighthouse compound included a Sundial, Flagpole, and Keepers' House. The lighthouse itself was painted a plain white without any red strips. The lintel over the door to the tower gives a date of 1901. The contacts at the time were a Mr and Mrs R Terry. This survey was carried out in order to enhance the existing holdings of the National Monuments Record of Scotland. There was also, at the time of the survey, a proposal to demolish the complex.
Visited by RCAHMS (MKO), August 1998.
Note (28 April 2006)
This lighthouse has been taken out of service, and made available for sale.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 28 April 2006.
