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Managing Organization:
Northern Lighthouse Board
Website: http://www.nlb.org.uk/ourlights/history/pentland.htm
Notes:
This was was the fifth modern lighthouse to be built in Scotland. John Brown, keeper in 1937, sighted a massive sea creature. He said that "a great object rose up out of the water, anything up to twenty to thirty feet and at an angle of 45 degrees. It was round shaped and there appeared to be a head on it." Tower Height: 118 Characteristic and Range: Three white flashes every 30 seconds, visible for 25 nautical miles. Description of Tower: White conical tower.
This light is operational
Date Established: 1794 Date Present Tower Built: 1794 Date Automated: 1994 Fog Signal: One blast every 90 seconds. Current Use: Active aid to navigation. Keepers: John Brown (c. 1871), John Brown (c. 1937)
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