North Ronaldsay Lighthouse
| North Ronaldsay Lighthouse | |||
| North Ronaldsay | |||
 North Ronaldsay Lighthouse | |||
| Location | |||
| Grid reference: | HY78445599 | ||
| Location: | 59°23’23"N, 2°22’53"W | ||
| Characteristics | |||
| Height: | 138 feet | ||
| Tower shape: | tapered, cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern | ||
| Tower marking: | unpainted tower with two white bands, black lantern, ochre trim | ||
| History | |||
| Built 1852 | |||
| Information | |||
| Owned by: | Northern Lighthouse Board | ||
North Ronaldsay Lighthouse stands 138 feet feet tall on Dennis Ness, the easternmost headland of North Ronaldsay (and indeed the easternmost of all of Orkney). The light stands at the Point of Sinsoss, a point at the north of Dennis Ness.
The lighthouse was built in 1852, 43 years after the nearby Dennis Head Old Beacon was deactivated. It is Britain's tallest land-based lighthouse tower.
The old fog siren with notable red trumpet was replaced by an electric diaphragm-type horn. That horn was discontinued in favour of a Tyfon horn consisting of 8 mini-trumpets installed on the building that once housed the fog siren. The Tyfon horn gives three blasts every 60 seconds. The electric beeper horn now lies flat on the ground next to the fog signal building, and is still in service today.
The North Ronaldsay Trust manages the Lighthousekeepers' Cottages beside the lighthouse.[1]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about North Ronaldsay Lighthouse) |
- North Ronaldsay Lighthouse: Northern Lighthouse Board
References
- ↑ Lighthouse Keepers' Cottages: North Ronaldsay Trust
- Rowlett, Russ: Lighthouses of Scotland: Orkney – The Lighthouse Directory (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
