Dunnet Head lighthouse

Dunnet Head Lighthouse
	File:Dunnet Head Lighthouse 061915.jpg The Dunnet Head lighthouse
	Scotland
Location	northernmost point of the mainland of Great Britain; Dunnet Head; Caithness; Scotland
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Year first constructed	1831
Automated	1989
Construction	masonry tower
Tower shape	cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markings / pattern	white tower, black lantern, ochre trim
Height	20 metres (66 ft)
Focal height	105 metres (344 ft)
Light source	mains power
Range	29 nautical miles (54 km; 33 mi)
Admiralty number	A3574
NGA number	3040
ARLHS number	SCO-063
Managing agent	Northern Lighthouse Board

Dunnet Head Lighthouse is an active 19th century lighthouse that stands on the 300-foot (91 m) cliff top of Easter Head on Dunnet Head. The lighthouse is 66 feet (20 m) tall and was built in 1831 by Robert Stevenson, grandfather of Robert Louis Stevenson. The lighthouse was automated in 1989, and the keeper's were withdrawn. It is now checked remotely by the Northern Lighthouse Board operations centre in Edinburgh.^[3]^[4]^[5]

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Northern Lighthouse Board

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↑ Dunnet Head The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 10 May 2016
↑ Dunnet Head Northern Lighthouse Board. Retrieved 10 May 2016
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[1] Dunnet Head The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 10 May 2016

[2] Dunnet Head Northern Lighthouse Board. Retrieved 10 May 2016

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