Monument record 1426 - BARRA HEAD LIGHTHOUSE, BERNERAY

Summary

Stevenson lighthouse, built 1830-33

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Grid reference NL 54890 80250 (point)
Map sheet NL58SW
Island Berneray, Barra
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

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NL58SW 7 5489 8025

see also,
NL58SE 44 NL5655 8036 Building

BY18:Lit 1833, engineer Robert Stevenson, became automated 1980.
R W Munro 1979; K Allardyce and E M Hood 1986; NMRS MS/595/7

BY18. Lighthouse (modern). Cliff-top. Circular lighthouse tower within a rectangular enclosure complex with ancillary buildings. THe lighthouse was desinged by Robert Stevenson (1772-1850) and built in 1830-33.
Branigan & Foster 2000, 134


R W Munro, 1979, Scottish Lighthouses, 85, 86, 89, 155, 191, 213, 223, 255, 262, 263, 275, 278 (Bibliographic reference). SWE5814.

K and E M Allardyce and Hood, 1986, At Scotland's Edge: a celebration of two hundred years of the lighthouse service in Scotland..., 155 (Bibliographic reference). SWE11890.

Keith Branigan & Patrick Foster, 2000, From Barra to Berneray: Archaeological Survey and Excavation in the Southern Isles ... (Bibliographic reference). SWE41033.

Commisioners of Northern Lighthouses, 2019, Listed Building Consent
Barra Head Lighthouse (Unpublished document). SWE41252.

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  • --- Bibliographic reference: K and E M Allardyce and Hood. 1986. At Scotland's Edge: a celebration of two hundred years of the lighthouse service in Scotland.... 155.
  • --- Bibliographic reference: Keith Branigan & Patrick Foster. 2000. From Barra to Berneray: Archaeological Survey and Excavation in the Southern Isles .... SEARCH vol 5.
  • --- Unpublished document: Commisioners of Northern Lighthouses. 2019. Listed Building Consent Barra Head Lighthouse.
  • --- Bibliographic reference: R W Munro. 1979. Scottish Lighthouses. 85, 86, 89, 155, 191, 213, 223, 255, 262, 263, 275, 278.

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