Aberdeenshire HER - NK15NW0001 - RATTRAY HEAD LIGHTHOUSE

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Primary ReferenceNK15NW0001
NameRATTRAY HEAD LIGHTHOUSE
NRHE Card No.NK15NW2
NRHE Numlink 107258
HES SM No. NULL
HES LB No. 3042
Site Form Standing Structure
Site Condition Complete 1
Details Lighthouse, built in 1895 and still in use. It is an unusual structure with a massive circular granite platform base supporting a circular section-tower of white, enamelled pre-clay brick with lantern and dome. Designed by David Alan Stevenson. The tower is circa 16.8 m in diameter, the base is circa 13.4 m high, and the brick tower is circa 14 m high. The lighthouse has been used as an Ordnance Survey trigonometrical survey intersected station (sighting point), as depicted on the 5th edition OS map.
Last Update07/11/2024
Updated Bycpalmer
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Date of Compilation 

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National Grid Reference: NK 1106 5780


Event Details

Event DateEvent TypeOASIS ID
2022 Field Observation

Excavations and Surveys

Artefact and Ecofact

Ecofact

Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
LIGHTHOUSESCIRCULAR A100
LANTERNS  B100
DOMES  C100
STATIONSTRIANGULATION D100