Lybster Harbour, Beacon
Beacon (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Lybster Harbour, Beacon
Classification Beacon (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Lybster Harbour, Lighthouse; Lybster Harbour Entrance
Canmore ID 8647
Site Number ND23SW 15.01
NGR ND 24504 34788
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/8647
- Council Highland
- Parish Latheron
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND23SW 15.01 24504 34788
Lighthouse [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1983.
Formerly entered as ND23SW 16 and classified as Lighthouse.
At the entrance of the harbour sits a small octagonal lighthouse, dating from 1884.
J Gifford 1992.
(Lybster: location cited as ND 245 348). At end of breakwater: 1849. Tapering octagonal stone tower, with raised quoins. Gallery supported on two courses of corbelling, iron with cast-iron stanchions. Octagonal lantern on drum base, domical roof with ball ventilator.
J R Hume 1997.
During April 1999, RCAHMS conducted a photographic survey of the standing industrial heritage remaining in Lybster. The purpose of this survey was to enhance and augment the existing holdings of the National Monuments Record Scotland.
Visited by RCAHMS (MKO), July 1998
A short octagonal tower with an octagonal flat-paned lantern and a domed top.
Information from RCAHMS (SC), 2 August 1999.
