Barns Ness Lighthouse
Barns Ness Lighthouse is 3.1 miles from Dunbar and was constructed by the engineers and brothers David A. Stevenson and Charles Alexander Stevenson, cousins of the novelist Robert Louis Stevenson, between 1899 and 1901.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Steve F, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Dunbar, Scotland
- Also known as: “Barns Ness” and “Barns Ness, Lighthouse”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Torness Nuclear Power Station and Innerwick Castle.
Torness Nuclear Power Station
Power station
Photo: Taras, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Torness nuclear power station is a nuclear power station located approximately 30 miles east of Edinburgh at Torness Point near Dunbar in East Lothian, Scotland. Torness Nuclear Power Station is situated 2 miles southeast of Barns Ness Lighthouse.
Innerwick Castle
Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Innerwick Castle is a ruined castle in East Lothian, Scotland, near the village of Innerwick, 5 miles from Dunbar, on the Thornton Burn, and overlooking Thornton Glen. Innerwick Castle is situated 2½ miles south of Barns Ness Lighthouse.
The Dunbear
Work of art
Photo: Jennifer Petrie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Dunbear is a five-metre-high steel sculpture of a brown bear standing on its hind legs. The public artwork is located immediately adjacent to the A1 at Dunbear Par, Dunbar in East Lothian, Scotland. The Dunbear is situated 2½ miles west of Barns Ness Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Broxburn and Innerwick.
Broxburn
Hamlet
Photo: Jennifer Petrie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Broxburn is a hamlet consisting of a handful of scattered houses which serve the Broxmouth estate in East Lothian, Scotland. It is named after the stream upon which it stands, the Brox Burn. Broxburn is situated 2 miles west of Barns Ness Lighthouse.
Innerwick
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Innerwick is a coastal civil parish and small village, which lies in the east of East Lothian, five miles from Dunbar and approximately 32 miles from Edinburgh. Innerwick is situated 2 miles south of Barns Ness Lighthouse.
Dunbar
Photo: Nachosan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dunbar is a harbour town in East Lothian, on the south-east coast of central Scotland. In 2021 its population was 10,400.
Barns Ness Lighthouse
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.98728° or 55° 59′ 14″ northLongitude
-2.44528° or 2° 26′ 43″ westElevation
13 feet (4 metres)Height
121 feet (37 metres)Open location code
9C7VXHP3+WVOpenStreetMap ID
node 1835123784OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseGeoNames ID
12088890Wikidata ID
Q4861875
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Swahili—“Barns Ness Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Maják Barns Ness”
- Dutch: “Barns Ness vuurtoren”
- French: “phare de Barns Ness”
- French: “Phare de Barns Ness”
- Swahili: “Mnara wa taa wa Barns Ness”
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