Strathy Point Lighthouse
Also known as
Pentland Firth
Classifications: Lighthouse(20th Century)
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Location Details
Local authority: Highland
Parish: Farr
Former region: Highland
Former district: Sutherland
Former county: Sutherland
Further details
Site number: NC86NW 42
National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE) ID: 159172
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View from WNW
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinburgh, Scotland
View from WNW
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinburgh, Scotland
View from NW
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinburgh, Scotland
View from S showing light tower and accommodation buildings.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinburgh, Scotland
View from S showing light tower and accommodation buildings.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinburgh, Scotland
View from S showing helipad.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinburgh, Scotland
View from S showing helipad.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinburgh, Scotland
General view from S (CN Only)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinburgh, Scotland
General view from S
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinburgh, Scotland
General view from S
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinburgh, Scotland
General view from S
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinburgh, Scotland
General view from S
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinburgh, Scotland
1 Note
Category: Descriptive accounts
Event reference: 673055
NC86NW 42 82783 69641
Strathy Point Lighthouse [NAT]
OS 1:10,560 map, 1967.
Strathy Point lighthouse and its fog signal form the first all-electric lighthouse station in Scotland, being sanctioned in 1956 as a major light intended to fill a notable gap in coverage between Dunnet Head and Cape Wrath. A light in this location was first proposed in about 1900.
The station was first lighted in 1958 and automated in 1997. A two-panel optical apparatus of 250mm focal length rotates around a 1kw lamp to give a beam candlepower of 1,600,000; the lantern measures only about 7ft in diameter and this optic is only about one-quarter the size of that considered necessary twenty years earlier. The traditional round tower has been abandoned, and even the the 35ft concrete lantern tower is square, while the fog signal is a compressed-air diaphone with horns set at angles of 120 degrees to spread the sound.
The station buildings were designed by the board's engineer, P H Hyslop, and are laid out as a hollow square with covered-in passageways to give protection from the high winds on this exposed headland.
R W Munro 1979; K Allardyce 1998.
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| Archive reference | Title | Catalogue level | Preview |
|---|---|---|---|
| 551 1/4/9/479 | Strathy Point Lighthouse | Sub-Group Level |  |
| B 62980/A | Distant view, with blocks of peat piled up in foreground. | Item Level | |
| D 16313 CN | Oblique aerial view centred on the lighthouse, taken from the S. | Item Level | |
| D 16314 CN | Oblique aerial view centred on the lighthouse, taken from the E. | Item Level | |
| DP 160113 | Oblique aerial view of Strathy Point Lighthouse, looking to the W. | Item Level |  |
| DP 160114 | General oblique aerial view of Strathy Point Lighthouse, looking to the W. | Item Level |  |
| DP 160115 | Oblique aerial view of Strathy Point Lighthouse, looking to the N. | Item Level |  |
| DP 160116 | Oblique aerial view of Strathy Point Lighthouse, looking to the NW. | Item Level |  |
| DP 160117 | Oblique aerial view of Strathy Point Lighthouse, looking to the E. | Item Level |  |
| DP 160118 | Oblique aerial view of Strathy Point Lighthouse, looking to the NE. | Item Level |  |
References
Allardyce K. (1998) Scotland's edge revisited, Glasgow. Page(s): 78-9 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): 55, 157 RCAHMS Shelf Number: J.6.4.ALL
Beaton E. (1995) Sutherland: an illustrated architectural guide, Edinburgh. Page(s): 81 pl. p. 81 RCAHMS Shelf Number: Quick
Munro R W. (1979) Scottish lighthouses, Stornoway. Page(s): 240-3, 276 RCAHMS Shelf Number: J.6.4.MUN
Renton A. (2001) Lost sounds: the story of coast fog signals, Latheronwheel. Page(s): 134 n. 22, 167 RCAHMS Shelf Number: J.6.4.REN
[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): 237, no. 3590 RCAHMS Shelf Number: J.6.4.ADM
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Place: Strathy Point Lighthouse from the sea
