Rattray Head
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Rattray Head (historically Rattray Point) is a headland in, Buchan, Aberdeenshire, on the north east coast Scotland. To north lies Strathbeg Bay and Rattray Bay is to its south. The dunes at Rattray Head beach can be up to seventy-five feet high and approximately 17 miles long and stretches from St Combs to Peterhead.[1][2]
[edit] Rattray Head Lighthouse
The 120 foot (36.5 metre)[1][2] Rattray Head Lighthouse lighthouse was built in 1895.[3][4] It was built by the engineers and brothers David Alan Stevenson and Charles Alexander Stevenson. In February 1982 it became unmanned and fully automatic.[1][2]
The Lighthouse is accessible via. a causeway which is underwater most of the time and only visible at low tide. It is wide enough for a vehicle to cross.
Remains of several shipwrecks can still be seen on the beach today.[1][2]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Rattray Head Travel Guide. World 66. Retrieved on 2007-07-06.
- ^ a b c d Stanley Bruce (2005). The Bard O' Buchan Vol 1' (in English). Bard Books. ISBN 0-9547960-2-0.
- ^ The lighthouse
- ^ Rattray Head Lighthouse
[edit] External links
- Official Tourism Web Site
- Images of Rattray Head Lighthouse
- Rattray Head in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- Map sources for Rattray Head
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