Bell Rock Lighthouse

The last minutes of darkness on a winter's morning at the Bell Rock. The lighthouse which is 12 miles off the coast of Arbroath was first lit in 1811 and will be 200 years old in February 2011. This was about two hours after low tide - the helipad built in the 1970s and the cast iron walkway (dating from 1811) can be seen in this shot. These are both covered at high tide.

Bell Rock Lighthouse, Angus, Scotland

Corsewall Lighthouse is a lighthouse at Corsewall Point , Kirkcolm near Stranraer in the region of Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland. First lit in 1817, it overlooks the North Channel of the Irish Sea Ardencaple Castle, also known as Ardincaple Castle , and sometimes referred to as Ardencaple…

J. M. W. Turner, Bell Rock Lighthouse (detail), 1819 (x)

Winter sunrise at the Bell Rock lighthouse (12 miles off of Arbroath), Angus, Scotland.

Winter sunrise at the Bell Rock lighthouse (12 miles off of Arbroath), Angus, Scotland.

Winter sunrise at the Bell Rock lighthouse (12 miles off of Arbroath), Angus, Scotland.

THE structures, all of which were designed by the Stevenson family, were photographed by enthusiast Ian Cowe for Scottish and Manx Lighthouses.

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