THIS IS THE HOME PAGE of Michael's List, which will, unless Death or the price of petrol beats us to it, be an illustrated list of all lighted marine navigational structures around the Scottish coast. Aero lights are not included. On first publication, the List shows lights in the south-east corner of Scotland, the coastlines of the Scottish Borders, the Lothians and Fife. Further Sections will be published from time to time.

Lights are organised into geographical Sections, and to keep loading times short only tower structures are illustrated on first loading. Links are provided to images of other structures.

Images on this website are, unless otherwise noted within the List, all taken by a digital camera and are presented at the reduced resolution of 640 by 480 pixels. The website is best viewed at a resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels.

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Links to the Sections

Section Boundaries and Positions of Major Lights -- northern areas
Section Boundaries and Positions of Major Lights -- southern areas

Section A Burnmouth to River Carron (79 structures)
Section B Longannet to Crail (70 structures)
Section C Fife Ness to Buddon Ness (77 structures)
Section D Arbroath to Fraserburgh (64 structures)
Section E Kinnaird Head to Inverness (71 structures)
Section F North Kessock to Loch Eriboll (65 structures)
Section G Cape Wrath to Mallaig (67 structures)
Section H Ardnamurchan to Kyles of Bute (about 75 structures)
Section N Orkney Islands (79 structures)
Section P Shetland Islands East and North: Out Skerries to Muckle Flugga (about 60 structures)
Section Q Shetland Mainland east side: (74 structures)
Section R Shetland Mainland west side and Foula to North Rona (about 50 structures)
Section S Lewis and Harris (57 structures)
Section T The westerly rocks, Uists, and Barra (59 structures)


Total so far listed, about 950 structures; expected overall total, about 1200

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Copyright Statement

COPYRIGHT in all images on this website (except those listed in the note below) remains the property of Michael Spencer the Webmaster, who has asserted his rights in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Images may be used in websites in the pharology field without charge, but acknowledgment to Michael Spencer and a link to this website should be made. Copyright in the donated images remains with their donors, to whom application for reproduction should be made.

Copyright in the information as to heights of structures and characters of lights belongs to the Commissioners of Northern Lights operating as the Northern Lighthouse Board, and this notice is intended to fulfil the terms of the relevant Acts of Parliament.

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Donated Images

IMAGES HAVE BEEN donated by certain wellwishers who retain the copyright in their own work. Michael is very grateful to these people for their assistance. They, and the images donated by them, are:

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