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Ailsa Craig Lighthouse

active 19th century lighthouse located on Ailsa Craig, Scotland
Place Lighthouse Q4697091

Facts

24 properties

Designation

Instance of
lighthouse
Heritage designation
category B listed building (1998–present)[17]

Location

Country
United Kingdom[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 55.252°, -5.107°[12]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
South Ayrshire[2]

Period and style

Inception
1886[9]
Height
11.0[18]
Significant event
automatization[15]
More facts +16
Located in
South Ayrshire
Part of
Keepers' Cottages and Foghorn, Lighthouse, Foreland Point, Ailsa Craig[8]
Associated electoral district
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
Coordinates
🗺️ 55.252°, -5.107°
Focal height
18.0[20]
Has part(s) of the class
tread[19]
Historic county
Ayrshire
Light characteristic
Fl W 4s[16]
Lighthouse range
17.0[21]
Located in or next to body of water
North Channel[4]
Located in/on physical feature
Ailsa Craig[13]
Main building contractor
Thomas Stevenson, David A Stevenson[6][7]
OS grid reference
NX 0252199706[10]
Operator
Northern Lighthouse Board[5]
Service entry
June 15, 1886[14]
Source of energy
solar power[11]
🏷️ Also known as
en Ailsa Craig Lighthouse cs maják Ailsa Craig fr phare d'Ailsa Craig pl Latarnia morska Ailsa Craig
🔖 Identifiers · 10
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Ailsa Craig Lighthouse - geograph.org.uk - 1363818.jpg ↗
ARLHS lighthouse ID
SCO002
Admiralty number
A4582
Freebase ID
/m/0285tc6
GB1900 ID
580fd32b2c66dc1ce5043da2
Historic Environment Scotland ID
LB1151
MarineTraffic Lighthouse ID
1000005016
NGA lighthouse ID
114-4768
Online List of Lights ID
3371
OpenStreetMap node ID
530944291

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🔗 Connections
Main building contractor 2
Thomas Stevenson, David A Stevenson
Associated electoral district 1
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
Country 1
United Kingdom
Has part(s) of the class 1
tread
Historic county 1
Ayrshire
Instance of 1
lighthouse
Located in or next to body of water 1
North Channel
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
South Ayrshire
Located in/on physical feature 1
Ailsa Craig
Operator 1
Northern Lighthouse Board
Source of energy 1
solar power
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Summary

Ailsa Craig Lighthouse is a lighthouse[1].

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Canmore. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . portal.historicenvironment.scot. portal.historicenvironment.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . nlb.org.uk. Retrieved . nlb.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . nlb.org.uk. Retrieved . nlb.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . Reeds PBO Small Craft Almanac 2014. wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . Reeds PBO Small Craft Almanac 2014. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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