The Tarbat Ness Lighthouse is located at the North West tip of the Tarbat Ness peninsula near the fishing village of Portmahomack on the east coast of Scotland. It was built in 1830 by Robert Stevenson and has an elevation of 53 metres (174 ft) and 203 steps to the top of the tower.
Further down the peninsula at Portmahomack, in the 1480s the Clan Ross slaughtered a raiding party from the Clan Mackay by locking them in the Tarbat Old Church and setting fire to it. This event is known as the Battle of Tarbat.
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Close up view of the Lighthouse
A storm in the Moray Firth in November 1826 saw the loss of 16 vessels and brought many applications for lighthouses to be constructed at Tarbat Ness and at Covesea Skerries.
Tarbat Ness Lighthouse was engineered by Robert Stevenson for the Northern Lighthouse Board and the light was first exhibited on 26 January 1830. James Smith of Inverness was the contractor responsible for the building of the lighthouse which cost £9,361. The lighthouse tower is the third tallest in Scotland behind North Ronaldsay and Skerryvore and is notable for having two distinguishing broad red bands.
Bella Bathurst's 1999 'The Lighthouse Stevensons' refers to a rescue made by the principal keeper William Davidson of 4 of the 5 crew members of a Norwegian schooner. No date given for this. She mentions this in the context that Robert Stevenson required keepers to stay with the light and not risk rescuing shipwrecked people. It seems that even with the light, ships could still be driven ashore. She accessed the full entries of logs and diaries available at the Northern Lights Board.
Earthquake shocks were sometimes reported and Tarbat Ness once shook so that the shades and lamp glasses rattled.
According to local tradition, the site of the lighthouse was once a Roman fort and later used for witches' covens. Tarbat Ness is also a place of special interest for the observation of migratory birds.[4]
Probably the lighthouse was built on the foundations of a Roman fortification,[5] that were later identified in the Middle Ages as a "Roman landmark" near Port a' Chait (now called "Port a Chaistell").
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Old map of the Lighthouse showing the "Roman landmark" near Port a' Chait
April 10, 2024
tarbat, ness, lighthouse, located, north, west, tarbat, ness, peninsula, near, fishing, village, portmahomack, east, coast, scotland, built, 1830, robert, stevenson, elevation, metres, steps, tower, locationtarbat, nessportmahomackhighland, scotlandcoordinates. The Tarbat Ness Lighthouse is located at the North West tip of the Tarbat Ness peninsula near the fishing village of Portmahomack on the east coast of Scotland It was built in 1830 by Robert Stevenson and has an elevation of 53 metres 174 ft and 203 steps to the top of the tower Tarbat Ness LighthouseTarbat Ness LighthouseLocationTarbat NessPortmahomackHighland ScotlandCoordinates57 51 54 N 3 46 35 W 57 865096 N 3 776508 W 57 865096 3 776508TowerConstructed1830Built byRobert Stevenson Constructionmasonry towerAutomated1985Height41 metres 135 ft Shapetapered cylindrical tower with bacony and lanternMarkingswhite tower with two red bands black lantern ochre trimPower sourcemains electricity OperatorNorthern Lighthouse Board 1 2 Heritagecategory A listed building LightFirst lit26 January 1830 Focal height53 metres 174 ft Range24 nautical miles 44 km 28 mi CharacteristicFl 4 W 30s Contents 1 History 2 Lighthouse 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory editAt the Battle of Tarbat Ness in the 11th century Thorfinn the Mighty defeated Karl Hundason 3 possibly a Viking name for Macbeth Further down the peninsula at Portmahomack in the 1480s the Clan Ross slaughtered a raiding party from the Clan Mackay by locking them in the Tarbat Old Church and setting fire to it This event is known as the Battle of Tarbat Lighthouse edit nbsp Close up view of the LighthouseA storm in the Moray Firth in November 1826 saw the loss of 16 vessels and brought many applications for lighthouses to be constructed at Tarbat Ness and at Covesea Skerries Tarbat Ness Lighthouse was engineered by Robert Stevenson for the Northern Lighthouse Board and the light was first exhibited on 26 January 1830 James Smith of Inverness was the contractor responsible for the building of the lighthouse which cost 9 361 The lighthouse tower is the third tallest in Scotland behind North Ronaldsay and Skerryvore and is notable for having two distinguishing broad red bands Bella Bathurst s 1999 The Lighthouse Stevensons refers to a rescue made by the principal keeper William Davidson of 4 of the 5 crew members of a Norwegian schooner No date given for this She mentions this in the context that Robert Stevenson required keepers to stay with the light and not risk rescuing shipwrecked people It seems that even with the light ships could still be driven ashore She accessed the full entries of logs and diaries available at the Northern Lights Board Earthquake shocks were sometimes reported and Tarbat Ness once shook so that the shades and lamp glasses rattled According to local tradition the site of the lighthouse was once a Roman fort and later used for witches covens Tarbat Ness is also a place of special interest for the observation of migratory birds 4 Probably the lighthouse was built on the foundations of a Roman fortification 5 that were later identified in the Middle Ages as a Roman landmark near Port a Chait now called Port a Chaistell See also edit nbsp Scotland portal nbsp Engineering portalList of lighthouses in Scotland List of Northern Lighthouse Board lighthouses List of Category A listed buildings in HighlandReferences edit Rowlett Russ Lighthouses of Scotland Highlands The Lighthouse Directory University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Retrieved 12 May 2016 Tarbat Ness Archived 24 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Northern Lighthouse Board Retrieved 12 May 2016 Roberts John Lenox 1997 Lost Kingdoms Celtic Scotland and the Middle Ages Edinburgh University Press p 22 ISBN 978 0 7486 0910 9 Roman fort according to local tradition 1 Roman foundations of the lighthouseExternal links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tarbat Ness Lighthouse Northern Lighthouse Board Northern Lighthouse Board history of Tarbat Ness Archived 24 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine CANMORE Port a chaistell nbsp Old map of the Lighthouse showing the Roman landmark near Port a Chait Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tarbat Ness Lighthouse amp oldid 1145146134, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
