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Fidra Lighthouse
Lighthouse (19th Century)
Site Name Fidra Lighthouse
Classification Lighthouse (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Firth Of Forth
Canmore ID 79779
Site Number NT58NW 40
NGR NT 51223 86989
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/79779
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Dirleton
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT58NW 40.00 51223 86989
NT58NW 40.01 51215 86998 Cottage Block, Cottage 1
NT58NW 40.02 51214 86991 Cottage Block, Cottage 2
NT58NW 40.03 51211 86982 Cottage Block, Cottage 3
This lighthouse was first lit in 1885, compulsory powers having been taken to acquire land for its construction. In 1970 it became the first Northern Lighthouse Board light to be converted to unattended automatic installation (monitored from St Abbs Head), being electrified with power supplied from the mainland through a submarine cable and equipped with a sealed beam light.
R W Munro 1979; K Allardyce and E M Hood 1986.
Site recorded by GUARD during the Coastal Assessment Survey for Historic Scotland, 'The Firth of Forth from Dunbar to the Coast of Fife' 1996.
Name: Fidra (1885)
Location: N56 4 W2 46 Firth of Forth, 16 miles NE of Leith
Designed and built: Thomas and David A Stevenson
Light first exhibited: 1885
Description: circular brick tower, painted white
Height of light above MHW: 113ft (34m)
Height of tower: 56ft (17m)
Light source and characteristics: W Gp Fl (4) ev 30 secs. Electricity 240V: 92,000cp: nominal range 20nm
Fog warning apparatus: None
Manning: unwatched (automatic since October 1970), monitored from Northern Lighthouse Board HQ, Edinburgh
The first group flashing light in Scotland
C Nicholson 1995.
Modification (1970)
In 1970 it became the first Northern Lighthouse Board light to be converted to unattended automatic installation (monitored from St Abbs Head), being electrified with power supplied from the mainland through a submarine cable and equipped with a sealed beam light.
R W Munro 1979
Field Visit (1996)
Site recorded by GUARD during the Coastal Assessment Survey for Historic Scotland, 'The Firth of Forth from Dunbar to the Coast of Fife' 1996.
