Kinnaird Head | |
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_and_the_Wine_Tower.jpg) Kinnaird Head, showing the lighthouse, formerly Kinnaird Castle, and the Wine Tower | |
  Kinnaird Head | |
| Coordinates: 57°41′51″N 2°00′14″W / 57.69754°N 2.00399°W | |
| Country | Scotland |
| County | Aberdeenshire |
| Town | Fraserburgh |
Kinnaird Head (Scottish Gaelic: An Ceann Àrd, "high headland") is a headland projecting into the North Sea, within the town of Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, on the east coast of Scotland. The 16th-century Kinnaird Castle was converted in 1787 for use as the Kinnaird Head Lighthouse, the first lighthouse in Scotland to be lit by the Commissioners of Northern Lights. Kinnaird Castle and the nearby Wine Tower were described by W. Douglas Simpson as two of the nine castles of the Knuckle, referring to the rocky headland of north-east Aberdeenshire.[1] The lighthouse is a category A listed building.[2] and the Wine Tower (perhaps from Wynd Tower).[3] is a scheduled monument.[4] The buildings around the base of the lighthouse are the work of Robert Stevenson.[3]
- ^ Simpson, W.D. (1949). "Cairnbulg Castle, Aberdeenshire" (PDF). Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 83: 32–44.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Former Kinnaird Head Lighthouse, including outbuildings and fog horn, Stevenson Road, Fraserburgh (Category A Listed Building) (LB3188)". Retrieved 27 February 2019.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
McKean128was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Wine Tower, tower (SM90344)". Retrieved 27 February 2019.