Thursday, 12 March 2009

Tarbat Ness Lighthouse


Tarbat Ness Lighthouse, originally uploaded by Tain4u.

This is Tarbat Ness Lighthouse which is near Portmahomack and not too far away from Tain.

"Light Established
1830

Engineer
Robert Stevenson

Position
Latitude 57° 51.9’N
Longitude 03° 46.5’W

Character
Flashing (4) White every 30 secs

Elevation
53 metres

Nominal Range
24 miles

Structure
White tower 41 metres high with two red bands. There are 203 steps to the top of tower"

Taken on May 20, 2009

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