North Ronaldsay Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Fl W 10s North Ronaldsay Lighthouse was built in 1852 on the island of North Ronaldsay in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, 43 years after Dennis Head Old Beacon was deactivated. It lies at the north of the island at Point of Sinsoss [Wikidata], and boasts Britain's tallest land-based lighthouse tower. The old fog siren with notable red trumpet was replaced by an electric diaphragm-type horn. That horn was discontinued in favour of a Tyfon horn consisting of 8 mini-trumpets installed on the building that once housed the fog siren. The Tyfon horn gives three blasts every 60 seconds. The electric beeper horn now lies flat on the ground next to the fog signal building, and is still in service today.
See also
References
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Scotland: Orkney". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
- ^ North Ronaldsay Northern Lighthouse Board. Retrieved 26 May 2016
External links
- Media related to North Ronaldsay Lighthouse at Wikimedia Commons
- Northern Lighthouse Board site on the history of North Ronaldsay Lighthouse Archived 16 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine
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Lighthouses of the Northern Lighthouse Board
(except principal
island groups)
- Ailsa Craig
- Ardnamurchan
- Bass Rock
- Bell Rock
- Buchan Ness
- Cape Wrath
- Chanonry
- Corran Point
- Corsewall
- Covesea Skerries
- Crammag Head
- Davaar
- Duncansby Head
- Dunnet Head
- Fidra
- Fife Ness
- Girdle Ness
- Holy Island (Outer)
- Inchkeith
- Isle of May
- Kinnaird Head
- Mull of Galloway
- Mull of Kintyre
- North Rona
- Noss Head
- Pladda
- Rattray Head
- Rubh Re
- St Abbs Head
- Sanda
- Scurdie Ness
- Stoer Head
- Strathy Point
- Stroma
- Sule Skerry
- Tarbat Ness
- Turnberry
- Minor lights
- Auskerry
- Brough of Birsay
- Cantick Head
- Copinsay
- Hoy Sound (High)
- Hoy Sound (Low)
- North Ronaldsay
- Noup Head
- Pentland Skerries
- Start Point
- Tor Ness
- Minor lights
- Bressay
- Eshaness
- Fair Isle North
- Fair Isle South
- Firths Voe
- Foula
- Hoo Stack
- Little Holm
- Muckle Flugga
- Out Skerries
- Point of Fethaland
- Sumburgh Head
- Ve Skerries
- Minor lights
- Chicken Rock
- Douglas Head
- Langness (minor light)
- Maughold Head
- Point of Ayre
- Thousla Rock (minor light)