This
abandoned and now derelict lighthouse sits on a concrete platform at the West
Breakwater of Leith Docks. It was built
in the 1950s and on the flat roof there was a massive semaphore device for
signalling to ships out in the Forth.
The building fell out of use due to advances in technology and changes
in shipping routes. Today it is derelict
and empty, weather battered and stripped bare. It is usually decorated with
graffiti, though every so often the council come along and whitewash the
building and resecure the fence around it.
Concrete support pillars underneath the lighthouse
I’ve
always thought the lighthouse is a building that could have a second life as
something…maybe a trendy café or restaurant.
However, given the practical difficulties and costs involved in this
sort of transformation, it will probably just crumble away until one day the
bulldozers come in and knock it down.
I
left a Skulferatu under the lighthouse, at the back of the space created by the
supporting pillars.
The
coordinates for the location of the Skulferatu are –
Latitude
55.988837
Longitude
-3.185501
