Angus HER - NO75NW0048 - SCURDIE NESS LIGHTHOUSE

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NameSCURDIE NESS LIGHTHOUSE
NRHE Card No.NO75NW48
NRHE Numlink 36262
HES SM No. NULL
HES LB No. 4958
Site Form Standing Structure
Site Condition Complete 1
Details Lighthouse, still in use, and associated buildings, built near the site of an earlier beacon. It was built by engineers D and T Stevenson as part of the programme instigated following the Baillie Hamilton report, and was first lit in 1870. It is also known as Montroseness Lighthouse, Scurdieness Lighthouse or Montrose Harbour Approach. The 1st edition OS map shows a beacon just to the South-East of the present location of the lighthouse. The lighthouse was temporarily repainted black during the Second World War, and was automated in 1987. It is a circular graduated column, now with white-washed brick and stone dressings, terminating in a wrought-iron balcony. It is situated within an L-plan enclosure, with a rectangular dwelling to the South-West and a small building to the North-West. This is within a larger enclosure to the South. The 2nd edition OS map shows a flagstaff within this larger enclosure, and a small rectangular building against the Eastern wall. These buildings and flagstaff all remain, and the Eastern wall of the larger enclosure now has four more rectangular buildings along most of the elevation, and another directly to the Eastern corner of the larger building within the L-plan enclosure. There is also a rectangular building in the South-West corner of the larger enclosure. A carved stone found at the lighthouse and reported in 2013 was identified as recent work (1990s) of a local artist.
Last Update28/03/2022
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Event Details

Event DateEvent TypeOASIS ID
2009 Field Survey

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Monument Types

Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
ENCLOSURES L-PLANE100
BUILDINGSRECTANGULAR F100
LIGHTHOUSESBRICK A100
STONES CARVEDB100
BEACONS SITE OFC100
FLAGSTAFFS  D100
BALCONIESWROUGHT-IRON G100