Record details
| ID: | MHG2240 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Dunnet Head Lighthouse & Keeper's House, Walls & Gatepiers |
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Reports
| Grid Reference: | ND 20273 76775 |
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| Map Sheet: | ND27NW |
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| Civil Parish: | DUNNET |
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| Geographical Area: | CAITHNESS |
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Monument Types
Associated Finds
| Protected Status: | Listed Building (B) 1890: Dunnet Head Lighthouse And Keepers' Houses With Enclosure And Gate Piers |
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Other References/Statuses
- Historic Environment Record: MHG2240
- NMRS NUMLINK Reference: 8863
- NMRS Record Details: ND27NW5.0 DUNNET HEAD LIGHTHOUSE
- Old SMR Reference Number: ND27NW0004
Full description
(Location cited as ND 203 768). Dunnet Head Lighthouse, established 1831, engineer Robert Stevenson. A simplified standard lighthouse, with a short circular tower in a semicircular base, with a corbelled parapet, and a circular domed diamond-paned lantern. The keepers' houses are plain rectangular buildings. There are two directable foghorns.
J R Hume 1976. <1>
Lighthouse (Circ) with buildings to S. Building to E. Flagstaff to N. Enclosures to S. Tracks to another enclosure to E of this on 1st ed. <2>
Sources and further reading
| --- | Image/Photograph(s): Taylor, A. 2007-9. Photographs of various HER sites by Andrew Taylor (CD 1). Colour. Yes. Digital. . |
| <1> | Text/Publication/Volume: Hume, J R. 1977. The industrial archaeology of Scotland 2: The Highlands and Islands. Paper (Original). 190-1; pl. 82. |
| <2> | Verbal Communication: White, H. Comment by Hilary White, HC Archaeologist. 10/2002. |
Related Monument/Building records
| MHG42331 | Parent of: Dunnet Head Lighthouse & Keeper's House, Walls & Gatepiers (Monument) |
| MHG55421 | Related to: Lighthouse store, Brough Harbour (Building) |
| MHG55419 | Related to: Long Loch well, Dunnet Head (Monument) |
| MHG223 | Related to: Slipway, Brough Harbour (Monument) |
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