Dennis Head Old Beacon

Dennis Head Old Beacon

Dennis Head Old Beacon is a ruined lighthouse on the island of North Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland. It featured on the 2006 BBC television series Restoration Village finishing in third place. The beacon and keepers' houses are protected as a scheduled monument and as category A listed buildings.[1][2]

The 70-foot (21 m) tower was completed in 1789 under the supervision of Thomas Smith assisted by his stepson Robert Stevenson. It was to be the first of many island lighthouses for Smith (he had previously worked on the lights at Kinnaird Head and Mull of Kintyre). Its lighting system, although advanced for its time, consisting of a cluster of oil-burning lamps and reflectors was not very effective, often being mistaken for the mast-head of another ship by mariners and was removed in 1809. A new lighthouse was built in 1854.

References

  1. ↑ "Dennis Head, Old Beacon, North RonaldsaySM6596". Historic Environment Scotland. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  2. ↑ "North Ronaldsay, Dennis Head Beacon, Including Remains Of Keepers' Houses: Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 2011-10-29.
  • "Third Place in Restoration Village - BBC website". Retrieved 29 October 2011.
  • "Beacon places North Ronaldsay in the national spotlight - Orkney Today". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007.
  • "Race to save an Orkney landmark - Scotsman". 4 August 2006. Retrieved 2011-10-29.
  • "The Old Beacon - North Ronaldsay". Retrieved 29 October 2011.

Coordinates: 59°23′7″N 2°22′7″W / 59.38528°N 2.36861°W / 59.38528; -2.36861

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