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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
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 ...
Fraserburgh (/ ˈ f r eɪ z ər b ər ə /; Scottish Gaelic: Baile nam Frisealach), [2] locally known as the Broch, [3] is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, with a population recorded in the 2011 Census as 13,100. [4]
The firth is named after the 10th-century Province of Moray, whose name in turn is believed to derive from the sea of the firth itself.The local names Murar or Morar are suggested to derive from Muir, the Gaelic for sea, [2] whilst Murav and Morav are believed to be rooted in Celtic words Mur (sea) and Tav (side), condensed to Mur'av for sea-side. [3]
Buchan Ness lighthouse (1827; Robert Stevenson) is active. It stands on a small island, accessible by a bridge. South Breakwater lighthouse (1833; Robert Stevenson) is active, and it is the easternmost lighthouse on mainland Scotland. It is owned by Peterhead Port Authority. Harbour South lighthouse (1849; Thomas Stevenson). Now inactive, it ...
Rosehearty (Scottish Gaelic: Ros Abhartaich) is a settlement on the Moray Firth coast, four miles west of the town Fraserburgh, in the historical county of Aberdeenshire in Scotland. The burgh has a population of approximately 1,300 with about 25 per cent of pensionable age.
It has existed since at least the 13th century. In 1990, Charles McKean wrote that Fordyce was "a sheer delight to discover, concealed as it is from the passing eye by hills and rolling countryside". [1] The Kirkton of Fordyce was erected into a Burgh of Barony in 1499 by Bishop William Elphinstone of Aberdeen. [1]
The 23-metre (75 ft) lighthouse was designed by David Alan Stevenson for the Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB). Construction, between 1895 and 1899, was undertaken by George Lawson of Rutherglen at a cost of £1,899 (equivalent to £277,066 in 2023) inclusive of the building, landing places, stairs, and railway tracks.