North Ronaldsay Lighthouse
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: John Tustin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse on North Ronaldsay in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “North Ronaldsay, Dennis Ness, Lighthouse And Keepers‘ Cottages”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include North Ronaldsay and Trolla Vatn.
North Ronaldsay
Photo: Greg Fitchett, CC BY-SA 2.0.
North Ronaldsay is the most northerly of the Orkney Islands of Scotland. It's 3 miles long by a mile wide, low-lying, and in 2011 had a population of 72.
Trolla Vatn
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Trolla Vatn is situated 860 feet northwest of North Ronaldsay Lighthouse.
Dennis Head Old Beacon
Building
Photo: John Tustin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dennis Head Old Beacon is a ruined lighthouse on the island of North Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland. The beacon and keepers' houses are protected as a scheduled monument. It is one of the earliest surviving purpose-built lighthouse towers in Scotland. Dennis Head Old Beacon is situated 2,700 feet southeast of North Ronaldsay Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ancumtoun and Bustatoun.
Ancumtoun
Hamlet
Photo: Lis Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ancumtoun is a small settlement in the north of the island of North Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Cross and Burness.
Bustatoun
Hamlet
Photo: Rob Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bustatoun is a village on the island of North Ronaldsay, in Orkney, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Cross and Burness. Bustatoun is situated 2½ miles southwest of North Ronaldsay Lighthouse.
North Ronaldsay Lighthouse
- Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
59.38966° or 59° 23′ 23″ northLongitude
-2.38138° or 2° 22′ 53″ westElevation
26 feet (8 metres)Height
141 feet (43 metres)Operator
Northern Lighthouse BoardOpen location code
9CFV9JQ9+VCOpenStreetMap ID
way 203159873OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseGeoNames ID
11611168Wikidata ID
Q17826758
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In Other Languages
“North Ronaldsay Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- French: “phare de North Ronaldsay”
- French: “Phare de North Ronaldsay”
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