Halliman Skerries, Beacon
Beacon (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Halliman Skerries, Beacon
Classification Beacon (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Covesea Skerries Beacon; Lossiemouth; Moray Firth
Canmore ID 269775
Site Number NJ27SW 119
NGR NJ 2141 7227
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/269775
- Council Moray
- Parish Drainie
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Morayshire
NJ27SW 119 2141 7227
Beacon [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1994.
For closely-comparable structure (apparently built by Alan Stevenson for the Commissioners of Northern Lights in 1847) on East Vows Rock, Firth of Forth, see NT49NE 143.
Although situated on Halliman Skerries, this structure is cited for navigational purposes as Covesea Skerries Beacon. Both the relevant chart and the 1996 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map note Covesea Skerries around NJ 197 719, some 1.7km to the WSW; these latter rocks are unlit.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 6 January 2004.
HO chart no. 223 (1978, amended 1992); Admiralty List of Lights 1980.
Publication Account (2007)
(Historic Engineering Works no. HEW 2529)
In 1845 a cast-iron beacon, based on the concept of Robert Stevenson’s at Carr Beacon in 1821 in Civil Engineering Heritage Scotland – Lowlands and Borders (R Paxton and J Shipway, 2007, 7-12) but about 40 ft tall, was erected offshore to mark Halliman Skerries (see engraving, page 137). It is still in service.
R Paxton and J Shipway 2007
Reproduced from 'Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Highlands and Islands' with kind permission from Thomas Telford Publishers.