Covesea Skerries Lighthouse
The lighthouse photographed in June 1983 | |
| Location | Lossiemouth Moray Scotland |
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| OS grid | NJ2037571273 |
| Coordinates | 57°43′27″N 3°20′19″W / 57.724167°N 3.338580°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1846 |
| Built by | Alan Stevenson |
| Construction | masonry tower |
| Height | 36 metres (118 ft) |
| Shape | cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern |
| Markings | white tower, black lantern |
| Power source | mains electricity |
| Operator | Covesea Lighthouse Community Company |
| Heritage | category A listed building |
| Light | |
| Deactivated | 2012 |
| Focal height | 49 metres (161 ft) |
| Range | 24 nautical miles [44 km] |
| Characteristic | was Fl.WR 20s 49m 24M Now discontinued |
Listed Building – Category A | |
| Designated | 26 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.