Peterhead Harbour, South Harbour, Entrance Beacon
Beacon (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Peterhead Harbour, South Harbour, Entrance Beacon
Classification Beacon (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Peterhead 1
Canmore ID 278077
Site Number NK14NW 128.08
NGR NK 1361 4577
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/278077
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Peterhead
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Banff And Buchan
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NK14NW 128.08 1361 4577
Light
(Fixed Red to Seaward) [NAT]
OS 1:2500 map, 1974.
(Peterhead 1: location cited as NK 137 458). At entrance to S harbour: Thomas Stevenson, 1849. Tapering octagonal tower, bull-nosed ashlar, with two projecting polished ashlar top courses and deep blocking course, forming base for octagonal lantern (Milne & Son, Edinburgh) with pyramidal roof and mushroom ventilator. Lantern glazed only on seaward side.
J R Hume 1997.