The lighthouse was designed by two of
the Lighthouse Stevensons, the brothers David and Charles Stevenson (both
cousins of the author Robert Louis Stevenson).
It was constructed between 1899 and 1901 and was manned by two
lighthouse keepers until 1966, when it was electrified. Only a single keeper was then required. The lighthouse was fully automated in 1986
and after a review of lighthouses, was deactivated in 2005. It was sold in 2006 and the lighthouse
cottage is now a holiday rental.
During the Second World War the
lighthouse was machine gunned by a passing German plane, however it was not
damaged by this.
I walked out to the lighthouse from Dunbar on a cold and sunny afternoon. The sky was a pale blue with white and grey clouds skiffing through it, while the sea was a still and calm blue black. All the colours of winter coming into their own.
I left a Skulferatu at the base of the
lighthouse where if faces out to the sea.
The coordinates for the location of the Skulferatu are –
Latitude 55.987216
Longitude -2.445305.
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