North Ronaldsay Lighthouse

North Ronaldsay Lighthouse
	North Ronaldsay lighthouse lies at the north of the island at Point of Sinsoss
Location	North Ronaldsay, Orkney, Cross and Burness, United Kingdom
OS grid	HY7843955996
Coordinates	59°23′23″N 2°22′53″W / 59.3897°N 2.38133°W
Tower
Constructed	1852
Designed by	Alan Stevenson
Construction	brick (tower)
Automated	1998
Height	42 m (138 ft)
Shape	tapered cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markings	unpainted tower with two white bands, black lantern, ochre trim
Operator	North Ronaldsay Trust
Heritage	category B listed building
Fog signal	blast every 60s.
Light
First lit	1854
Focal height	43 m (141 ft)
Range	24 nmi (44 km; 28 mi)
Characteristic	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.

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
Northern Lighthouse Board

[rowlett-1] Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Scotland: Orkney". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 8 March 2021.

[2] North Ronaldsay Northern Lighthouse Board. Retrieved 26 May 2016

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v t e Lighthouses of the Northern Lighthouse Board
Scotland (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
The Hebrides	Barra Head Butt of Lewis Dubh Artach Eilean Glas Flannan Islands Haskeir Hyskeir Lismore Monach Neist Point Ornsay Rinns of Islay Rubha nan Gall Rona Lighthouse Ruvaal Scarinish Skerryvore Tiumpan Head Ushenish Minor lights
Orkney	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
Shetland	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
Isle of Man	Chicken Rock Douglas Head Langness (minor light) Maughold Head Point of Ayre Thousla Rock (minor light)

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