Michael’s Comprehensive List of Scottish Lights

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THIS IS THE HOME PAGE of Michael's List, which will, unless Death 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.


Warning

AN AMERICAN WEBSITE dealing (quite legitimately) with saltwater aquaria uses the URL scotlights.com as part of its marketing activity. This is nothing to do with Michael!


News

07 February 2011:

  • We have received a number of pictures taken by Andy Strangeway (www.island-man.com), which he has very generously offered for use on the site. A separate note about donated images and their copyright appears at the foot of this page.

  • Andy's pictures have been taken as the excuse to upload Section T for the first time, including his picture of Rockall.

  • Introduction of these pictures to the website has required an alteration to the Copyright Statement on this page and at the head of each Section. Sections have not received updated Issue numbers as a result of this change. This index to Issue 20.

  • 20 March 2011:

  • Addition of new light at Moaness (MN05-06).

  • Alteration of access statement for Roseness (MN10). Section N to Issue 5. This Index to Issue 21

  • 19 August 2011:

  • At the end of March 2011 the computer on which this website is administered suffered a hard-disc failure, and the operating system was lost, together with all applications, utilities and files. Fortunately the data was backed up on an external disc, but it has taken a while to resume normal service.

  • Following a trip to the Isle of May, close-up images of the three towers there, M023 to M025, have been added to Group B. This Index to Issue 22.

  • Examination of the Admiralty List of Lights received after Michael's system was returned to working order has revealed a number of changes: lights discontinued, lights established and characters changed. These will be added to the website as time permits

  • 23 September 2011:

  • Four new lights at Kirkcaldy, M018-01 to -04; existing light at Kirkcaldy M018-01 discontinued and renumbered to M018-05. Lights at Methil M018-02 and -03 renumbered to M018-06 and -07. This Index to Issue 23.

  • 13 October 2011:

  • Changes to Section D (largely new lights at Peterhead) and Section E (largely new lights at Rosehearty: see Change List for details). This Index to Issue 24.

  • 11 November 2011:

  • Notes regarding the leading lights at Banff and Macduff (Section E).

  • Section H uploaded for the first time (but no images of lights in South Kintyre, which will follow when the kittens are old enough to spend a week in a holiday home). This Index to Issue 25.

  • 25 November 2011:

  • Changes in Section B to M014 Beamer Rock. This Index to Issue 26.

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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:


    Angus MaclennanApplecross Pier M089-0506 Aug 10
    Andy Strangeway (www.island-man.co.uk)
    Bass Rock M00419 Jan 11
    Fidra M00519 Jan 11
    Bound Skerry MP00119 Jan 11
    Rockall MT00-0119 Jan 11

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