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Buckie, Cliff Terrace, Leading Light

Beacon (19th Century) (1878)

Site Name Buckie, Cliff Terrace, Leading Light

Classification Beacon (19th Century) (1878)

Alternative Name(s) Buckie 2; Buckie Harbour, Leading Light; East Church Street

Canmore ID 170815

Site Number NJ46NW 27

NGR NJ 43093 65826

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/170815

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  • Council Moray
  • Parish Rathven
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District Moray
  • Former County Banffshire

Archaeology Notes

NJ46NW 27 43093 65826

Leading Light

(Occulting White

Sectored Green) [NAT]

OS 1:2500 map, 1978.

For Buckie Harbour (Cluny Harbour) at NJ 42883 66017, see NJ46NW 15.00.

(Buckie 2: location cited as NJ 431 657). On hill above Cluny Harbour (NJ46NW 15.00), and forming a pair of leading lights with Buckie 1: 1874-80. A cylindrical cast-iron panelled tower with small window on seaward side, and domed top with ball finials and weathervane. Cast plaque 'Munro & Co, Engineers, Arbroath and Dundee'.

J R Hume 1997.

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