Covesea Skerries Lighthouse

Covesea Skerries Lighthouse
The lighthouse photographed in June 1983
Map
LocationLossiemouth
Moray
Scotland
OS gridNJ2037571273
Coordinates57°43′27″N 3°20′19″W / 57.724167°N 3.338580°W / 57.724167; -3.338580
Tower
Constructed1846
Built byAlan Stevenson Edit this on Wikidata
Constructionmasonry tower
Height36 metres (118 ft)
Shapecylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markingswhite tower, black lantern
Power sourcemains electricity Edit this on Wikidata
OperatorCovesea Lighthouse Community Company [1][2]
Heritagecategory A listed building Edit this on Wikidata
Light
Deactivated2012
Focal height49 metres (161 ft)
Range24 nautical miles (44 km; 28 mi)
CharacteristicFl WR 20s.
Listed Building – Category A
Designated26 January 1971[3]
Reference no.LB37605

Covesea Skerries Lighthouse, originally belonging to the Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB), is built on top of a small headland on the south coast of the Moray Firth at Covesea, near Lossiemouth, Moray, Scotland.

  1. ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Eastern Scotland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  2. ^ Covesea Skerries Archived 7 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Northern Lighthouse Board. Retrieved 10 May 2016
  3. ^ "COVESEA SKERRIES LIGHTHOUSE, KEEPERS' COTTAGES AND STEADING". Decisions Portal. Historic Environment Scotland. Retrieved 4 October 2015.