Duncansby Head
Duncansby Head Lighthouse | |
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Location |
Duncansby Head Scotland United Kingdom |
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Coordinates | 58°38′39″N 3°01′30″W / 58.644039°N 3.025120°WCoordinates: 58°38′39″N 3°01′30″W / 58.644039°N 3.025120°W |
Year first constructed | 1924 |
Automated |
1997 ![]() |
Construction | concrete tower |
Tower shape | square tower with balcony and lantern |
Markings / pattern | white tower, black lantern, ochre balcony |
Height | 11 metres (36 ft) |
Focal height | 67 metres (220 ft) |
Light source | mains power |
Intensity | 596,000 candela |
Range | 22 nautical miles (41 km; 25 mi) |
Characteristic | Fl W 12s. |
Admiralty number | A3558 |
NGA number | 3016 |
ARLHS number | SCO-062 |
Managing agent | Northern Lighthouse Board[1] [2] |
Heritage |
Site of Special Scientific Interest ![]() |
Duncansby Head (Scottish Gaelic: Ceann Dhunngain[3] or Dùn Gasbaith[4]) is the most northeasterly part of the British mainland, including even the famous John o' Groats. It is located in Caithness, Highland, in north-eastern Scotland.[5] The headland juts into the North Sea, with the Pentland Firth to its north and west and the Moray Firth to its south.
Lighthouse
The point is marked by Duncansby Head Lighthouse, built by David Alan Stevenson in 1924.[6]
A minor public road leads from John o' Groats to Duncansby Head, which makes Duncansby Head the farthest point by road from Land's End.
The Duncansby Head Site of Special Scientific Interest includes the 6.5 km stretch of coast south to Skirza Head. It includes the Duncansby Stacks, prominent sea stacks just off the coast.[7]
See also
References
- ↑ Duncansby Head The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 10 May 2016
- ↑ Duncansby Head Northern Lighthouse Board. Retrieved 10 May 2016
- ↑ Gaelic and Norse in the Landscape: Placenames in Caithness and Sutherland. Scottish National Heritage.
- ↑ http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Gaelic/placenamesC-E.pdf
- ↑ Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (1862). Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 3. Neill and Company. p. 499.
- ↑ "Duncansby Head Lighthouse". The Museum of Scottish Lighthouses. Archived from the original on 2014-07-27. Retrieved 2014-07-23.
- ↑ SSSI citation
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