Covesea Lighthouse, Lossiemouth -  the 36m high lighthouse was built by Alan Stevenson in 1844, and like most of the other lighthouses in Scotland it was automated in 1985, and is now unmanned.  The light was situated at this point because in 1826 sixteen vessels sank in the Moray Firth, and also because of the dangerous ‘Halliman Skerries’ a little offshore are under the water at high tide.

 

Cluny Harbour Lighthouse, Buckie.

 

 

Cullen Harbour Lighthouse.

 

 

Whitehills Harbour Lighthouse.

 

 

Banff Harbour Lighthouse.

 This light was was erected c1935.

The lighthouse quay was built in 1818 by Thomas Telford (1757 to 1834) .

 

Macduff Harbour Lighthouse.

 20^th June 1903 the new Lighthouse Quay and lighthouse at Macduff Harbour was opened.  It was built under the supervision of Mr Barron, civil engineer of Aberdeen.  The old and much smaller lighthouse was demolished a couple of years later.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rosehearty Harbour Lighthouse.

 

 

Kinnaird Head Castle Lighthouse. 

Kinnaird Head Castle was built in 1570 by Alexander Fraser 8^th laird of Philorth as a home close to his newly created harbour and town. 

The Northern Lighthouse Board in 1787 purchased the castle and converted it to the first lighthouse built on the mainland of Scotland. 

An interesting point to note is that there is no land between here and the Arctic. 

The lighthouse operated until 1991 when its unmanned replacement was commissioned. 

Today the castle is part of the museum which also consists of a large building housing many lighthouse artefacts, a shop, and a café. 

Kinnaird Head Automated Light.

 This unmanned light was commissioned in 1991 to replace the Kinnaird Castle light.

 

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October 1875 - Sir Alexander Anderson Chairman of the Fraserburgh Harbour Board commissioned James Abernethy to extend the Balaclava Breakwater by 860 feet, and erect the lighthouse at the harbour mouth.  

c1880 the North Pier was completed, and the light made operational. 

The red band is a relatively new addition.

Cairnbulg Point Beacon.

 

 

Rattray Head Lighthouse.

The lighthouse was designed by Alan Stephenson and built between 1892 and 1895, it stands 120 feet high, built in two parts, the lower part contains the foghorn and the engine room and the upper part the Keeper’s accommodation and the lamp.  This was the first ever lighthouse to have the foghorn installed inside the lighthouse structure. 

The light was a five wick paraffin lamp with 44,000 candle power, Buchanness Lighthouse a little further south at the time had only 6,500 candle power. 

In 1982 the lighthouse keepers were withdrawn when the light was made fully automatic.  

The sea at this corner of Buchan is notorious for rapid tidal currents, high and dangerous seas and prior to the lighthouse being built many a ship met its fate on this shore.  Grid ref NK111578.

 

Old harbour light - Peterhead north harbour.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peterhead South Pier Harbour Lighthouse.

 

 

Buchaness Lighthouse, Boddam.

118 feet high tower built of granite from nearby ‘Stirling Hill’ in 1827 by Robert Stevenson, grand-father of author R.L. Stevenson. 

The lighthouse stands on an island and is linked to the mainland at Boddam by a bridge, the current bridge was built in 1962. 

The lighthouse stands on the most easterly point in Scotland.

Aberdeen South Pier Lighthouse.

 

 

Girdle Ness Lighthouse, Aberdeen.

Girdle Ness lighthouse was built by Aberdeen contractor James Gibb in 1833 to the design of Robert Stevenson (1772 to 1850). 

The lighthouse had two lights, but the lower light was discontinued in 1890. 

The lighthouse tower is 37m high and stands 56m above sea level.

The lighthouse was automated in 1991, and remains in use.

The lighthouse is category 'A' listed by Historic Scotland.

 

Tod Head Lighthouse.

The lighthouse was built in 1897 to the design of David A. Stevenson (1854 to 1938), and was first lit on the 20th December 1897.

The light stands 41m above sea level.

The light was automated in 1988, but on the 11th July 2007 it was taken out of service after a review held in 2005 stated it was no longer needed.

 

Scurdie Ness Lighthouse, Montrose.

The lighthouse was built 1869 to 1870 by engineers David and Thomas Stevenson.  It was commissioned and first lit on 1^st March 1870. 

The light had 182,000 candlepower, and could have been seen for twenty-three miles on a clear night.

The tower has 170 steps and from the top on a nice day you can see as far as Berwick.

During WW2 the whole tower was painted black so not to be a notable landmark to the German’s.

The light was automated in 1987.

 

 

 

 

Arbroath Signal Tower.