Cromarty, George Street, Lighthouse
Also known as
Cromarty Lighthouse; Cromarty, The Ness, Lighthouse; Cromarty Ness
Classifications: Lighthouse(19th Century)
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Location Details
Local authority: Highland
Parish: Cromarty
Former region: Highland
Former district: Ross And Cromarty
Former county: Ross And Cromarty
Further details
Site number: NH76NE 38
National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE) ID: 14461
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View of entrance doorway in South West elevation
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View from West of Lighthouse and Keeper's Cottage
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General view of Lighthouse and Lighthouse Keeper's Cottage C…
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General view of Lighthouse and Keeper's Cottage
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Photograph of stereoscopic photograph showing Lighthouse and…
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Cromarty, George Street, Lighthouse, NH76NE 38, Ordnance Sur…
Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England
Aerial view of Cromarty, looking NE.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
Aerial view of Cromarty Harbour, looking SW.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
Aerial view of Cromarty, looking SW.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
An oblique aerial view of Cromarty, Ross and Cromarty, looki…
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
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Category: Descriptive accounts
Event reference: 663658
NH76NE 38.00 78670 67735
Lighthouse
(flashing white) [NAT]
OS (GIS) MasterMap, May 2010.
NH76NE 38.01 NH 7867 6774 sundial
For (associated) Lighthouse Keeper's Cottage (now Aberdeen University Lighthouse Field Studies Centre) at NH 78657 67743, see NH76NE 242.
(Location cited as NH 787 678). Cromarty Lighthouse: built 1846 by engineer Alan Stevenson. A typical lighthouse of this area, with a short circular tower upon a semi-circular single-storey base. The square paned lantern has a domed top. The Egyptian single-storey keeper's houses are singularly unspoiled.
J R Hume 1977.
The light was first lit in 1846, and converted to major automatic status in 1984. The white tower is 13m high.
K Allardyce and E M Hood 1986.
Lighthouse.
19th - 20th century AD.
Stable condition.
CFA/MORA Coastal Assessment Survey 1998.
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| Archive reference | Title | Catalogue level | Preview |
|---|---|---|---|
| 551 165/14 | Cromarty | Batch Level |  |
| A 15942 | General view | Item Level | |
| BD 104/1/5 | Survey archive: 1:25,000 OS Pathfinder map depicting site locations from the Moray, Beauly and Cromarty Firth Coastal Assessment Survey. Sheet 5. | Item Level | |
| C 62873 | West, North, East Elevations; Plan View; Location Map Entry into RCAHMS-Crichton Lang Competition 1995 | Item Level | |
| C 62874 | Section Through Tower; Ground Floor Plan Entry into RCAHMS-Crichton Lang Competition 1995 | Item Level | |
| C 62875 | South Elevation Entry into RCAHMS-Crichton Lang Competition 1995 | Item Level | |
| DC 29163 | Plan of additional accommodation at Cromarty Point. | Item Level | |
| DC 29348 | Mooring hooks details, Cromarty Point. | Item Level | |
| DC 8563 | Drawing showing location plan for Cromarty Point Lighthouse. | Item Level | |
| DC 8564 | Drawing showing plan of the ground required for Lighthouse, George Street, Cromarty. | Item Level | |
References
Allardyce K. (1998) Scotland's edge revisited, Glasgow. Page(s): 72 RCAHMS Shelf Number: J.6.4.ALL
Allardyce and Hood K and E M. (1986) At Scotland's edge: a celebration of two hundred years of the lighthouse service in Scotland and the Isle of Man, Glasgow. Page(s): 47, 157 RCAHMS Shelf Number: J.6.4.ALL
Hume J R. (1977a) The industrial archaeology of Scotland, 2, the Highlands and Islands. London. Page(s): 285 RCAHMS Shelf Number: J.4.11.HUM
Krauskopf S. (2001) Scottish Lighthouses, Belfast. Page(s): 15, 21 RCAHMS Shelf Number: J.6.4.KRA
Morrison-Low A D. (2010) Northern Lights: The Age of Scottish Lighthouses, Edinburgh. Page(s): 262 RCAHMS Shelf Number: J.6.4.MOR
Munro R W. (1979) Scottish lighthouses, Stornoway. Page(s): 137, 210, 275 pl. p. 136 RCAHMS Shelf Number: J.6.4.MUN
Paxton and Shipway R and J. (2007b) Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Highlands and Islands, London. Page(s): 208 RCAHMS Shelf Number: J.5.41.PAX
[Admiralty]. (1980) Admiralty list of lights and fog signals: volume A: British Isles and north coast of France from Dunkerque to entrance to Goulet de Brest including North Sea oil and gas production installations, {s.l.}. Page(s): 233, no. 3490 RCAHMS Shelf Number: J.6.4.ADM
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