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Montrose Harbour, Inner Leading Light
Beacon (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Montrose Harbour, Inner Leading Light
Classification Beacon (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Port Of Montrose; Montrose 1; Montrose Harbour, Lighthouses; River South Esk
Canmore ID 280551
Site Number NO75NW 44.12
NGR NO 71860 56973
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/280551
- Council Angus
- Parish Montrose
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
NO75NW 44.12 71860 56973
Formerly entered (with NO75NW 44.11) as NO75NW 47.
Not to be confused with beacon at NO 71779 56916, for which see NO75NW 44.09.
For Outer Leading Light ('Montrose 2') at NO 72133 56964, see NO75NW 44.11.
Lighthouse (fixed red) [NAT] (at NO 71860 56973)
OS (GIS) AIB, April 2006.
(Montrose 1 ('inner light'): location cited as NO 718 570). On shore E of entrance to former wet dock: 1818. Five-storey harled circular section masonry tower, tapering to gallery on cast-iron ring. Octagonal lantern with ogee roof rising to ball finial. Glazing on two seaward sides, round light shows up river. Tapering metal tower, with large triangular-paned lantern, domed top and lantern.
J R Hume 1997.
This beacon forms a pair of leading lights with the outer light (NO75NW 44.11), defining the S side of the channel of the River South Esk.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 19/4/2006.
