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Tarbat Ness lighthouse

Tower: Height: 41 metres, white conical tower with 2 red bands

Elevation: 53 metres

Range: 4 white flashes every 30 seconds visible for 24 miles

This light is operational

built 1830 by Robert Stevenson

Date automated: 1985

Current use: Active aid to navigation.

Tarbat Ness is the third tallest lighthouse in Scotland, only Skerryvore (48 metres) and North Ronaldsay (42 metres) are taller.
location

East coast of Scotland, north of Inverness, where the Dornoch and Moray Firths meet, Tarbat peninsula

useful links
Northern Lighthouse Board - Tarbat Ness


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