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Latitude: 58.6245 / 58°37'28"N
Longitude: -4.9994 / 4°59'57"W
OS Eastings: 225934
OS Northings: 974621
OS Grid: NC259746
Mapcode National: GBR G51Y.0RC
Mapcode Global: WH267.5HL8
Plus Code: 9CCQJ2F2+Q6
Entry Name: Cottages And Support Buildings, Cape Wrath Lighthouse
Listing Name: Cape Wrath Lighthouse and Keepers' Cottages
Listing Date: 18 March 1971
Category: A
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 330784
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB488
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200330784
Location: Durness
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: North, West and Central Sutherland
Parish: Durness
Traditional County: Sutherland
Robert Stevenson, 1828. Circular whitewashed tooled granite
tower; corbelled balcony with cast-iron balustrated around
light. Single storey semi-circular building at base.
Lighthouse fronted by Egyptian style single storey range
of 2-3 keepers' cottages with advanced porches, all
whitewashed tooled granite; tall stacks; flat roof.
Cottages linked to lighthouse by low retaining walls have
forming small court, the whole further enclosed by outer
perimeter coped rubble wall containing later range of single
storey cottages and service building.
Lighthouse, sited on most north-westerly tip of UK
mainland, was built at cost of $14,000.
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