Home Newsletter Locations Diary
 Indexes
Topic Alpha County Sections By

Travellers Resource
Lighthouse Section Lighthouse Index . England & Wales Scotland Ireland Isle of Man Channel Isles

 Maps

England & Wales Scotland Ireland

Isle of May Lighthouse

Fife

Location Guide

 

This location guide is partly done, we are currently working on it and it should be completed in the next month.

Photo by Norrie Adamson

The rocky island of Isle of May, located about 8 km east of Anstruther in the northern entrance to the Firth of Forth, is a bird and seal sanctuary, the Isle of May National Nature Reserve. The Lighthouse is located at the highest point of the island.

There is a second lighthouse Isle of May Low located at the easternmost point of the island and where the keeper's house accommodates a resident warden. This lighthouse was replaced by the North Carr lightship in 1887.


Lighthouse information Grid

Name:

Isle of May Lighthouse, Fife

Current status:

Working

Geographic Position:

56° 11.139'N   002° 33.457'W

Grid Reference:

NT654993

Ceremonial County:

Fife

Appearance:

Square gothic tower on stone dwelling

Map Link:

Get a Map

Aerial photo:

Marinas.com       Isle of May Lighthouse

Other photos:

Geograph

Originally built:

1816

Current lighthouse built:

 

Height of Tower:

24 metres

Height of light above mean sea level:

73 metres

Character of light:

Flashing (2) White every 15 secs

Character of fog signal:

 

Range of light:

22 nautical miles

Owned / run by:

Northern Lighthouse Board

Getting there:

 

Access:

 

Website:

NLB  

Other Useful Websites:

Wikipedia   

Routes:  
Other Relevant pages:

For more articles, lists and other information see the Lighthouses Section

Lighthouse Map of Scotland

Featured List of lighthouses - Scotland 

List of minor lighthouses and lights - Scotland  

Notes:

 

Please let us know any other information that we can add to the Grid or page and any errors that you discover. Before making a long trip to any location it is always wise to double check the current information, websites like magazines may be correct at the time the information is written, but things change and it is of course impossible to double check all entries on a regular basis. If you have any good photographs that you feel would improve the illustration of this page then please let us have copies. In referring to this page it is helpful if you quote both the Page Ref and Topic or Section references from the Grid below. To print the planning grid select it then right click and print the selected area.

Please submit information on locations you discover so that this system continues to grow.

 


By: Tracey Park Section:  Lighthouses Section Key:
Page Ref: Isle_of_May_Lighthouse Topic: Lighthouses Last Updated: 06/2010

.

This page:

Link directly to this page, with text or the button on right.

Text linking: Isle of May Lighthouse on Photographers Resource

Linking Instructions                            http://www.photographers-resource.co.uk/

Photographers Resource, all the information for the photographer