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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: active 19th century lighthouse that stands on Dunnet Head, Scotland
- Roof shape: flat
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Easter Head and Dunnet.
Easter Head
Locality
Photo: Asterion, CC BY-SA 2.5.
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.
Dunnet
Village
Photo: J M Briscoe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
- 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″ northLongitude
-3.37664° or 3° 22′ 36″ westElevation
135 feet (41 metres)Height
66 feet (20 metres)Open location code
9CCRMJCF+H8OpenStreetMap ID
way 204823546OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseOpenStreetMap attribute
roof-shape=flatGeoNames ID
9782405Wikidata 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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