Inchcape Rock Lighthouse

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Inchcape Rock Lighthouse is a historic offshore lighthouse on the treacherous Bell Rock in the North Sea, renowned as one of the world’s oldest surviving sea-washed lighthouses and a major feat of early 19th-century engineering.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic structure
lighthouse
offshore lighthouse
sea-washed lighthouse
alsoKnownAs Bell Rock Lighthouse
associatedWith Robert Stevenson family of engineers
automated 1988
constructionEndDate 1810
constructionMaterial stone
constructionStartDate 1807
country Scotland
United Kingdom
designedBy Robert Stevenson
designedFor withstand severe North Sea storms
distanceFromShore about 11 miles off the coast
engineeringType masonry lighthouse on submerged reef
firstLit 1811-02-01
focalHeight 28 metres
about 92 feet
foundationMaterial stone
hasKeeperStatus now unmanned
height 35 metres
about 115 feet
heritageDesignationBy Historic Environment Scotland
heritageStatus Category A listed building
lightCharacteristic Fl (3) W 30s
locatedInBodyOfWater North Sea
locatedOffCoastOf Angus
Scotland
locatedOn Bell Rock
locatedOnFeature Inchcape Reef
linked to: Inchcape Rock
managedBy Northern Lighthouse Board
marking unpainted stone tower
nearbyCity Arbroath
notableFor being one of the world’s oldest surviving sea-washed lighthouses
early 19th-century engineering achievement
operator Northern Lighthouse Board
partOf Northern Lighthouse Board network
powerSource later electric light
originally oil lamps
purpose aid to navigation
to warn ships of Bell Rock reef
range 18 nautical miles
region North Sea
riskAddressed shipwrecks on Bell Rock reef
towerShape tapered cylindrical tower
yearLit 1811

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Inchcape knownFor Inchcape Rock Lighthouse