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Pierhead Light, North Pier, Burghead Harbour

A Category B Listed Building in Burghead, Moray

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.7016 / 57°42'5"N

Longitude: -3.5004 / 3°30'1"W

OS Eastings: 310674

OS Northings: 868965

OS Grid: NJ106689

Mapcode National: GBR K8QC.H8F

Mapcode Global: WH5GT.6PD7

Plus Code: 9C9RPF2X+JR

Entry Name: Pierhead Light, North Pier, Burghead Harbour

Listing Name: Harbour North Pier

Listing Date: 31 May 1974

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 358367

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB22749

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200358367

Location: Burghead

County: Moray

Town: Burghead

Electoral Ward: Heldon and Laich

Traditional County: Morayshire

Tagged with: Beacon

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Description

Thomas Telford, 1807-10 with later angled extension and jetty. Tooled squared rubble with tooled dressings. N face with high stepped sea wall with pulvinated string course on seaward side. Small later whitewashed concrete beacon at extreme end.

Statement of Interest

Harbour extended and altered at various periods, including 1832, 1835 and 1881-7.

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