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Ardrossan Harbour, Fog Signal And Lighthouse

Beacon (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Ardrossan Harbour, Fog Signal And Lighthouse

Classification Beacon (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Ardrossan 1; South Pier

Canmore ID 281351

Site Number NS24SW 36.03

NGR NS 22231 42241

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/281351

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  • Council North Ayrshire
  • Parish Ardrossan
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Cunninghame
  • Former County Ayrshire

Archaeology Notes

NS24SW 36.03 22231 42241

Lighthouse [NAT]

OS 1:10,000 map, 1981.

Fog Signal and Lighthouse

(Occulting Red and White) [NAT]

OS (GIS) AIB, May 2006.

(Ardrossan 1: location cited as NS 222 422). At end of S pier: c. 1892. Octagonal steel tower on matching concrete plinth. Plain railed gallery on triangular cast-iron brackets. Octagonal lantern with triangular panes, pyramidal roof with moveable ventilator, cast-iron stays at base.

J R Hume 1997.

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