Dunnet Head Lighthouse

Dunnet Head Lighthouse is an active 19th century lighthouse that stands on the 300-foot cliff top of Easter Head on Dunnet Head. The lighthouse is 66 feet tall and was built in 1831 by Robert Stevenson, grandfather of Robert Louis Stevenson.

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Easter Head and Dunnet.

Easter Head

Locality

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Dunnet Head is a peninsula on the northern coast of Caithness, Scotland, 10.5 miles west of John o' Groats. It terminates at Easter Head, the northernmost point on the island of Great Britain at.

Dunnet

Village

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Dunnet is a village in Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland. It is within the Parish of Dunnet. Dunnet is situated 3½ miles south of Dunnet Head Lighthouse.

Harrow

Hamlet

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Harrow is a hamlet on the north coast of Caithness, Scotland. It lies just to the west of the Castle of Mey and northeast of the Loch of Mey. Harrow Harbour, also called Philips Harbour, was built in the 19th century by the Earl of Caithness for exporting the local flagstone slabs. Harrow is situated 5 miles east of Dunnet Head Lighthouse.

Dunnet Head Lighthouse

Type: Lighthouse
Description: active 19th century lighthouse that stands on Dunnet Head, Scotland
Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

58.67148° or 58° 40′ 17″ north

Longitude

-3.37664° or 3° 22′ 36″ west

Elevation

135 feet (41 metres)

Height

66 feet (20 metres)

Roof shape

flat

Open location code

9CCRMJCF+H8

OpenStreetMap ID

way 204823546

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=lighthouse

GeoNames ID

9782405

Wikidata ID

Q5856486

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In Other Languages

From French to Swedish—“Dunnet Head Lighthouse” goes by many names.

French: “phare de Dunnet Head”
French: “Phare de Dunnet Head”
German: “Ceann Dùnaid”
German: “Dunnet Head Lighthouse”
German: “Leuchtturm Dunnet Head”
Italian: “Faro di Dunnet Head”
Polish: “Latarnia morska Dunnet Head”
Spanish: “Faro de Punta de Dunnet”
Swedish: “Dunnet Head fyr”

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