Location | Lossiemouth Moray Scotland |
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OS grid | NJ2037571273 |
Coordinates | 57°43′27″N 3°20′19″W / 57.724167°N 3.338580°W |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1846 |
Built by | Alan Stevenson |
Construction | masonry tower |
Height | 36 metres (118 ft) |
Shape | cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern |
Markings | white tower, black lantern |
Power source | mains electricity |
Operator | Covesea Lighthouse Community Company [1][2] |
Heritage | category A listed building |
Light | |
Deactivated | 2012 |
Focal height | 49 metres (161 ft) |
Range | 24 nautical miles (44 km; 28 mi) |
Characteristic | Fl WR 20s. |
Listed Building – Category A | |
Designated | 26 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.