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Rattray
Head
Tower height: 34 metres, white brick tower with a large granite
foundation. There are 64 steps to the top of the tower
Elevation: 28 metres
Range: 3 white flashes every 30 seconds, visible for 24 miles
This light is operational
built: 1895 by David Alan Stevenson
Date automated: 1982
Current use: Active aid to navigation, overnight accommodation
in the keepers' cottages
The lighthouse tower is listed as a building
of architectural / historical interest.
The tower was built in 2 parts: The base containing a foghorn
and the engine room, the upper part the lightkeepers' room and
the lantern. It was the first time that a first-class siren
fog signal (2 blasts every 45 seconds - discontinued 2001) had
been installed in a rock lighthouse. |
| location |
Northeast corner of Scotland,
Aberdeenshire, near Peterhead, North Sea
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| useful
links |
Northern
Lighthouse Board - Rattray Head
Rattray
Head B&B accommodation |
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