Museum Of Scottish Lighthouses
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Scottish Lighthouse Museum Fraserburgh
One of the pieces taken from the lighthouses around Scotland, courtesy of the Northern Lighthouse Board, which rotates constantly in the museum, forming the centrepiece of the reception and the first floor.
Museum of Scottish Lighthouses
The Fraserburgh Prince's Trust team, supported by Aberdeenshire Foyer, have put together this excellent promotional video about the Museum of Scottish Lighthouses and Kinnaird Head Castle and Lighthouse.
You're never too old to climb Kinnaird Head Lighthouse!
One of our visitors, Agnes, became possibly the oldest person to climb all the way to the top of our lighthouse tower!
A' Bhruaich - Fraserburgh Kinnaird Head Lighthouse
The original light at Kinnaird Head was established by Thomas Smith on 1 December 1787.
A lantern was set 120 feet above the sea on a tower of the old castle. Whale oil lamps produced a fixed light, each backed by a parabolic reflector. Kinnaird Head was the most powerful light of its time, and contained 17 reflectors arranged in 3 horizontal tiers. It was reported to be visible 12 or 14 miles off.
In 1824, internal alternations were made to incorporate a new lantern and to provide accommodation for the lightkeepers.
In 1906 the light was converted to incandescent operation.
In 1929 Kinnaird Head became home to the first Radio Beacon in Scotland.
The Fog Signal was discontinued in 1987, although the horn is still in place. The original lighthouse is no longer operational and is now home to The Museum of Scottish Lighthouses.
A new automatic light was established beside the original light in 1991.
In 2012 the old Kinnaird Head Lighthouse was lit for two anniversary celebrations. First, on 2nd June 2012 the light was exhibited in celebration of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. This co-incided with the lighting of the NLB's Queen's Diamond Jubilee Beacon at Kinnaird Head Lighthouse. Secondly, the light was exhibited on the 1st December 2012 in celebration of Kinnaird Head's 225th anniversary. The light was lit at 3.31pm, and extinguished at 8.30am the next morning, marking a full 17 hour shift. On that occasion Kinnaird Head was the only manned lighthouse in the British Isles, albeit outwith NLB service. Both events were organised by the Museum of Scottish Lighthouses.
This video also video footage of my family visiting the Museum during 2004.
Places to see in ( Fraserburgh - UK )
Places to see in ( Fraserburgh - UK )
Fraserburgh is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It lies at the far northeast corner of Aberdeenshire, about 40 miles (64 km) north of Aberdeen, and 17 miles (27 km) north of Peterhead. It is the biggest shellfish port in Europe, landing over 12,000 tonnes in 2008, and is also a major white fish port and busy commercial harbour.
The name of the town means, literally, 'burgh of Fraser', after the Fraser family that bought the lands of Philorth in 1504 and thereafter brought about major improvement due to investment over the next century. Fraserburgh became a burgh of barony in 1546. By 1570, the Fraser family had built a castle (Fraserburgh Castle) at Kinnaird's Head and within a year the area church was built. By the 1590s the area known as Faithlie was developing a small harbour.
In 1592, Faithlie was renamed Fraserburgh by a charter of the Crown under King James VI. Sir Alexander Fraser was given permission to improve and govern the town as Lord Saltoun. At present this title is still in existence and is held by Flora Fraser, 20th Lady Saltoun and head of Clan Fraser. The Royal Charter also gave permission to build a college and university in Fraserburgh allowing the Lord Saltoun to appoint a rector, a principal, a sub-principal, and all the professors for teaching the different sciences.
A grant from the Scottish Parliament in 1595 allowed the first college building to be erected by Alexander Fraser, and in 1597 the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland recommended the Rev. Charles Ferme, then minister at the Old Parish, to be its first (and only) principal.
In 1601, Fraserburgh became a burgh of regality. The college, however, closed only a decade or so after Ferme's arrest on the orders of James VI for taking part in the 1605 General Assembly, being used again only for a short time in 1647 when King's College, Aberdeen temporarily relocated owing to an outbreak of plague. A plaque commemorating its existence may be seen on the exterior wall of the remains of the Alexandra Hotel in College Bounds.
Fraserburgh thereafter remained relatively quiet until 1787 when Fraserburgh Castle was converted to Kinnaird Head Lighthouse, Scotland's first mainland lighthouse. In 1803, the original 1571 church building was replaced and enlarged to seat 1000 people. The Auld Kirk was to be the standing authority in the town up until the 1840s.
The town has several attractions including an award-winning sand beach, a major harbour, the lighthouse museum, heritage centre and a variety of amenities and facilities. It is home to the famous Kinnaird Head lighthouse/castle. Fraserburgh also has a variety of churches including; 3 Church of Scotland congregations (Old Parish, South Church and West Church), 4 Pentecostal churches (Elim Pentecostal, Assembly of God, Calvary Church and Emmanual Christian Fellowship), as well as Baptist, Roman Catholic, Episcopal, Congregational, Brethren and Bethesda Evangelical Church and the Salvation Army. Also the community war memorial by Alexander Carrick. The oldest church building in Fraserburgh is Fraserburgh Old Parish Church.
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Scotland road trip 2017 - Part 3, Ardnamurchan Lighthouse, engine room and tower tour
The rare opportunity to visit a light room of a lighthouse, providing you survive the stairs ....
As every years holiday, we went to Scotland in the Jeep and whichever way we go, it always ends with around 2500 miles on the clock.
This is a multi-part series in no particular order, i may do one short clip which outlines the route of this year (2017).
It's essentially a random mix of roads, ferries, villages, castles, distilleries, lighthouses and other stuff.
Just came back and there is so much footage to sort, so i can't tell right now how many clips we will end up with.
In this episode we visit the most westerly lighthouse on British mainland, the Ardnamurchan lighthouse.
This shows the full tower tour including climbing up the stairs, the view from the top and the engine room, enjoy !
The lighthouse is in active service since 1849 and owned by the Northern Lighthouse Board,
The engine room is mostly complete but not sure if the engines in running order or not. The Generator set certainly isn't.
The compressor set engines are Kelvin 2 cylinder Marine Diesels, not sure about their age as this type was produced from 1931 onwards.
The former keepers’ cottages and outbuildings have been managed by the Ardnamurchan Lighthouse Trust since 1996, luckily filming and photography was allowed everywhere.
As far as i know this is one of only 2 lighthouses in Scotland where you can do a light room tour.
One of the cottages is now a coffee shop, nice interior and doing really great coffees and scones.
Not quite easy to get there as it sits on a peninsula with essentially only one road leading towards. From the south, best route is via Isle of Mull which means at least 2 ferry crossings. Some impressions of our many ferry journeys will come soon as well.
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UNMISSABLE Scottish Road Trip | The North East 250
Join me as team up with Scotlanders and spend a weekend traveling the northern quarter of the North East 250 as part of a paid promotional campaign with NE250 and Visit Scotland.
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In this video I visit:
Fraserburgh beach
Museum of Scottish Lighthouses
Fraserburgh Heritage Centre
Aberdour Beach
Pennan
Crovie
Banff
Findlater Castle
Cullen Bay Hotel
The North East 250 is a great driving route around the North East of Scotland taking in some stunning coastline, Royal Deeside, Speyside and parts of the Cairngorms National Park.
My website: kimgrantphotography.co.uk
All music from Epidemic Sound.
The Lighthouse - Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
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The Lighthouse Glasgow
Spanning six floors, The Lighthouse provides an unrivalled opportunity to experience architecture and design through a changing programme of world-class exhibitions, award winning education and lifelong learning projects, broad ranging events programme and networking opportunities. Climb the Mackintosh Tower for stunning views across the city, indulge yourself in the latest designer products at The Lighthouse Shop, or simply relax in the doocot, our rooftop cafe/bar.
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Travel blogs from The Lighthouse:
- ... The cheese shop just smelled amazing We headed back down to the City Centre and had lunch across from the Lighthouse at Ross' pub ...
- ... Then we headed over to The Lighthouse , which is a museum about architecture in Scotland - it was extremely conceptual so there wasn't a lot of here's an ...
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- Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Photos in this video:
- Tower of the Lighthouse - Mackintosh building by Katyj from a blog titled Glasgow
- Spiral staircase in The Lighthouse (Mackintosh) by Tjfeldman1116 from a blog titled A Whirlwind Day
- And one more look from the Lighthouse by Katyj from a blog titled Glasgow
- The Lighthouse in Glasgow...great view! by Mackieineurope from a blog titled Kels's Birthday Celebration - Kilt's and Bagpipes!
- Another view from the Lighthouse by Katyj from a blog titled Glasgow
- Making our way up the lighthouse by Jess06 from a blog titled I'm proud to say that I'm Scottish
- Staircase in the Lighthouse by Katyj from a blog titled Glasgow
- View from the Lighthouse by Katyj from a blog titled Glasgow
- On top of The Lighthouse by Kelseylynn from a blog titled Scotland!
225th Kinnaird Head Anniversary
On 1st December 1787 the Northern Lighthouse Board's first light was exhibited at Kinnaird Head, Fraserburgh. In 1991 a new light was established at Kinnaird Head and the original light became part of the Museum of Scottish Lighthouses.
On the night of 1st December 2012 Kinnaird Head will exhibit a WHITE FLASHING LIGHT from the former Lighthouse Tower to commemorate its 225th birthday.
Fraserburgh (Broch) Lighthouse and Wynd tower
Quick Phantom 2 vision plus flight over the north east of Scotland at Kinnaird head
Fraserburgh Walk - 2004
Old video footage that I filmed on 2004. The video features the Broadsea, Fraserburgh Lighthouse Museum and the fishing boats in the harbour. In the film is Karen Newlands (Sister-In-Law), Brian Newlands (Father-In-Law) and Kirsty Mathieson (my daughter). Kirsty is 1 year old. The footage was filmed and edited by myself.
Fraserburgh Coastline
Fraserburgh coastline including Kinnaird lighthouse
Micro-Doc: National Lighthouse Museum
For more info on the National Lighthouse Museum, please visit their website at: LighthouseMuseum.org
Visit the museum in New York City at:
200 The Promenade at Lighthouse Point, Staten Island, NY 10301
From Manhattan: take the FREE Staten Island Ferry to St. George Terminal (20 mins) and walk (5 mins). There are signs that lead the way.
This micro-doc was shot, edited, and directed by Eric Norcross and produced independently as a passion project. At the time of production, the filmmaker was not professionally affiliated with the museum.
Eric Norcross Official Website
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Summer 2019
Completed: 07/16/2019
Amazing Aberdeenshire | Next Stop Everywhere
As we enter Aberdeenshire, on the road to Aberdeen itself, we were in for a bit of a treat.
First up we arrived in the Scottish seaside town of Banff (not the famous Canadian Banff you understand!) where we hopped on our bikes and took in the sights and sounds of the Macduff Marine Aquarium and the famed Tarlair Open Air Swimming Pool (the latter now sadly abandoned).
Onwards and in-land-wards, we head to the Grampian Transport Museum, where we admired their stunning collection, and stayed overnight in a very unique motorsport-themed location!
As we head back to the coast, we stopped off for a few days in the fishing port town of Fraserburgh, a rustic kinda place, but with a great caravan park and the fantastic Museum of Scottish Lighthouses, which surprised us with its facts and stories of the Northern Lighthouse Board.
Finally, before we arrive in Aberdeen, we visit another Scottish open air pool, this time one we could actually swim in though! Stonehaven pool is open throughout the summer and we made the most of a dip in its heated seawater depths - lovely!
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Evacuation from a remote Lighthouse - Thomson stretcher
Evacuation from remote Lighthouse - Thomson stretcher
Scotland Lighthouse Museum at Kinnaird Head Lighthouse
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England, Wales, Scotland Tour 2008
10 day bus tour of Britain.
A' Bhruaich - Fraserburgh Storms 1989
13 February 1989 when the low-level wind speed record of a gust of 123 knots was set at Kinnaird's Head lighthouse at Fraserburgh. The corresponding hourly mean speed was an equally impressive 68 knots. On this occasion, over 75,000 people in northern Scotland lost their electricity supply but fortunately there was no loss of life.