Covesea Skerries Lighthouse

Covesea Skerries Lighthouse
The lighthouse photographed in June 1983
LocationLossiemouth
Moray
Scotland
OS gridNJ2037571273
Coordinates57°43′27″N 3°20′19″W / 57.724167°N 3.338580°W / 57.724167; -3.338580
Tower
Constructed1846
Built byAlan Stevenson 
Constructionmasonry tower
Height36 metres (118 ft)
Shapecylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markingswhite tower, black lantern
Power sourcemains electricity 
OperatorCovesea Lighthouse Community Company
Heritagecategory A listed building 
Light
Deactivated2012
Focal height49 metres (161 ft)
Range24 nautical miles [44 km]
Characteristicwas Fl.WR 20s 49m 24M
Now discontinued
Listed Building – Category A
Designated26 January 1971
Reference no.LB37605

Covesea Skerries Lighthouse, originally belonging to the Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB), is built on top of a small headland on the south coast of the Moray Firth at Covesea, near Lossiemouth, Moray, Scotland.