Managing Organization:
Northern Lighthouse Board
Website: http://www.nlb.org.uk/ourlights/history/bassrock.htm
Notes:
This lighthouse was designed by D. Alan Stevenson.
Tower Height: 66
Height of Focal Plane: 151
Characteristic and Range: Three white flashes every 20 seconds, range 10 nautical miles.
Description of Tower: White conical tower.
This light is operational
Date Established: 1902
Date Present Tower Built: 1902
Date Automated: 1988
Fog Signal: Discontinued 1988 (was three blasts at four second intervals every two minutes)
Current Use: Active aid to navigation.
Open To Public? No.
Directions:
The lighthouse can be seen from cruises from the Scottish Seabird Centre in North Berwick. See www.seabird.org
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