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Killantringan Lighthouse
Lighthouse (20th Century)
Site Name Killantringan Lighthouse
Classification Lighthouse (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Black Head; North Channel
Canmore ID 60321
Site Number NW95NE 18
NGR NW 98131 56434
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/60321
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Portpatrick
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
NW95NE 18.00 98131 56434
Killantringan Lighthouse
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OS (GIS) MasterMap, July 2009.
NW95NE 18.01 NW 98131 56448 Keepers' Houses (Keeper's Cottage)
NW95NE 18.02 NW 98066 56348 Foghorn
For adjacent shipwreck (exposed above surface), see NW95NE 8000 (Craigantlet).
(Location cited as NW 981 564). Killantringan Lighthouse, built 1900 by engineer D A Stevenson. A slightly-tapering circular tower of medium height with a lantern of normal type. The keepers' houses are, unusually, two storeys high with a gabled porch.
J R Hume 1976.
This lighthouse was built by D A Stevenson and first lit in 1900, replacing the Old Lighthouse (NW95SE 8.00) at Portpatrick Harbour. It was automated in 1988.
R W Munro 1979.
