Foundation granite basement Light source solar power Height 34 m Automated 1982 | Construction brick tower Focal height 28 m Range 44,448 m Year first constructed 1895 | |
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Location Rattray Head
Buchan
Aberdeenshire
Scotland Tower shape cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern on a conical frustum basement Markings / pattern unpainted basement, white tower, black lantern | ||
Rattray Head ( listen ), historically Rattray Point, is a headland in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, on the north-east coast Scotland. To north lies Strathbeg Bay and Rattray Bay is to its south. The dunes at Rattray Head beach can be up to 75 feet (23 m) high and stretch 17 miles (27 km) from St Combs to Peterhead.
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Map of Rattray Head, United Kingdom
Rattray Head lighthouse
The 120-foot (37 m) Rattray Head lighthouse was built in 1895. It was built by the engineers and brothers David Alan Stevenson and Charles Alexander Stevenson. In February 1982 it became unmanned and self-working.
The lighthouse is accessible by way of a causeway that is usually underwater being only visible at low tide. It is wide enough for a vehicle to cross.
Remains of several shipwrecks can still be seen on the beach.
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