Bass Rock Lighthouse is said to be located on a former gun platform part way up the rock, a particularly awkward site. Location Guide : Aerial Photo Marinas.com (more images available) Bass Rock is located about 3 miles north east of North Berwick, and is a steep crag on the southern entrance to the Firth of Forth, rising about 350ft above the sea. Bass Rock Lighthouse has a circular stone tower 65 ft high … NGR NT 60200 87266; Coordinates 360200, … Bass Rock Lighthouse has a circular stone tower 65 ft high and cost about £8000. There are no additional online documents for this record. BASS ROCK, LIGHTHOUSE LB14738. Bass Rock Lighthouse. It is an important nesting ground for seabirds. East Lothian. The Bass Rock Lighthouse was manned by three keepers who were on-station for one month, followed by two weeks off at the keeper's cottages at Granton. Category C Date Added 17/05/1989.
Charles and his brother David A Stevenson trained with D & T Stevenson before forming their own engineering company C … It adjoins the site of a former fortress and prison where, between 1672 and 1688, some 40 Covenanter prisoners are said to have perished. Location Guide : Aerial Photo Marinas.com (more images available) Bass Rock is located about 3 miles north east of North Berwick, and is a steep crag on the southern entrance to the Firth of Forth, rising about 350ft above the sea. It is an important nesting ground for seabirds, especially gannets. Jump To: Documents; Summary; Description; Statement; References; About; Images; Documents. Highlight of the day was brilliant. The relief crew and supplies were delivered by the lighthouse ship 'Pharos' and later the 'Pole Star'. The engineer for both lighthouses was David A. Stevenson. Bass Rock Lighthouse. Bass Rock Lighthouse. History. The Bass Rock Lighthouse is a 20 metres (66 ft) lighthouse, built in 1902 by David Stevenson, who used stone from a 13th century keep, or governor's house, and some other buildings within an early castle for the lighthouse stonework. Bass Rock is about a mile in circumference. East Lothian. The cost of constructing the Bass Rock light was £8,087 and a light first shone from the rock on the evening of 1 November 1902. Local Authority East Lothian Planning Authority East Lothian Parish North Berwick. Bass Rock Lighthouse, North Berwick, SC, United Kingdom Marina. Bass Rock is about a mile in circumference. Bass Rock is located about 3 miles north east of North Berwick, and is a steep crag on the southern entrance to the Firth of Forth. The Bass Rock lighthouse was built by Charles Stevenson and David Alan Stevenson, cousins of RLS, and the paraffin mantle was lit for the first time on 1st. Summary. Status: Designated. Its light is about 150 ft above sea level and has a nominal range of 21 miles. The Bass Rock Lighthouse on Bass Rock is a 20-metre (66 ft) lighthouse, built in 1902 by David Stevenson, who demolished the 13th-century keep, or governor's house, and some other buildings within the castle for the stone.The commissioners of the Northern Lighthouse Board decided that a lighthouse should be erected on the Bass Rock in July 1897 along with another light at Barns Ness near Dunbar. It is an important nesting ground for seabirds, especially gannets. 60,000 gannets on this island at times apparently.
Find marina reviews, phone number, boat and yacht docks, slips, and moorings for rent at Bass Rock Lighthouse. Barns Ness was automated in 1986 and is now a minor light with a nominal range of ten mile. Not originally planned but added by the captain due to missing out on a stop at the Faroe Islands, was a round trip of Bass Rock off Dunbar, Scotland. December 1902. Its creation, to quote a later Northern Lighthouse Board engineer J. D. Gardner, required ‘the exercise of sound judgment and engineering skill’. Every day the keepers would climb the 67 feet to the top of the whitewashed lighthouse and clean the glass and reflectors.