Holburn Head Lighthouse
Thurso Bay, Caithness
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Holburn Lighthouse is not actually on
Holborn Head, a headland facing the Atlantic coast, but 1km south nestled into the hillside of Thurso
Bay, on the north side of Scrabster. It is said to be one of the
simplest lights to see.
It was designed and built in 1862 by David
and Thomas Stevenson. There is the light tower and a keepers' house joined
to it, this is unusual as most Scottish lighthouses are separate from the
house. There were two Lightkeepers houses and the Tower within the main
building and there was a separate building that was the Principal Keeper's
House. It was automated in 1988 and the lightkeepers withdrawn, however it
was discontinued in August 2003 following alterations to the port facility.
The Lighthouse is the building in the
background, behind the ferry.
Photo by
Dorcas Sinclair
You can see it from the town of Thurso, or
from Scrabster pier or from the one of the ferries that travel between
Scrabster and Stromness in the
Orkneys.
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