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Kinnaird Head (Scottish Gaelic: An Ceann Àrd, "high headland") is a headland projecting into the North Sea, within the town of Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, on the east coast of Scotland. The 16th-century Kinnaird Castle was converted in 1787 for use as the Kinnaird Head Lighthouse , the first lighthouse in Scotland to be lit by the ...
Kinnaird Head Lighthouse : Constructed: 1787 Designed by: Thomas Smith Construction: stone Height: 22 m (72 ft) Shape: cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern rising from a castle [1] [2] Markings: white (tower), black (lantern), ochre (trim) Operator: Northern Lighthouse Board (1787–1991), Museum of Scottish Lighthouses (1991–) Heritage
There are several lighthouses in the U.S. state of Texas, including several listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [1] Not every lighthouse in Texas is listed here as some have very little information known about them. Saluria, and Swash lights for example were built right before the civil war and were both destroyed by confederate ...
Alabama: Lighthouse Estate. Inland Alabama doesn’t seem like a great place for a lighthouse, but the improbable location didn’t faze the sea-obsessed builder of this six-bedroom, 18,000-square ...
Calvert Marine Museum: Maryland: United States: 1970 Cana Island Light: Wisconsin: United States — Cape Arkona Lighthouse: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: Germany — Cape Forchu Lighthouse: Nova Scotia: Canada — Cape Hatteras Lighthouse: North Carolina: United States — Cape Jaffa Lighthouse: South Australia: Australia: 1976 Cape North Lighthouse ...
The lighthouse was completed in 1897 to the design and control of the engineer David Alan Stevenson. [1] [2] The lighthouse was electrified in 1978 and automated in 1986. [1] [5] The lighthouse remained under the control of the Northern Lighthouse Board until 2007 when the lighthouse was discontinued and the adjacent buildings sold in a public ...
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Rattray Head (listen ⓘ), [1] historically Rattray Point, is a headland in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, on the north-east coast Scotland. To north lies Strathbeg Bay and Rattray Bay is to its south. The dunes at Rattray Head beach can be up to 75 feet (23 m) high and stretch 17 miles (27 km) from St Combs to Peterhead. [2] [3]