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Oxcars, Lighthouse

Lighthouse (19th Century)

Site Name Oxcars, Lighthouse

Classification Lighthouse (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Inner Firth Of Forth; Forth Estuary

Canmore ID 93837

Site Number NT28SW 2

NGR NT 20291 81811

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Fife
  • Parish Aberdour (Dunfermline)
  • Former Region Fife
  • Former District Dunfermline
  • Former County Fife

Archaeology Notes

NT28SW 2 20291 81811

Lighthouse [NAT]

OS 1:10,000 map, 1984.

This beacon was built by David and Thomas Stevenson and first lit on 15 February 1886. In 1894 it became the first of the Northern Lights to be automated.

K Allardyce 1998.

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Construction (1886)

This beacon was built by David and Thomas Stevenson and first lit on 15 February 1886. In 1894 it became the first of the Northern Lights to be automated.

K Allardyce 1998.

Modification (1894)

In 1894 it became the first of the Northern Lights to be automated.

K Allardyce 1998.

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