Esha Ness Lighthouse is situated at

Esha Ness Esha Ness, also written Eshaness, is a peninsula on the west coast of Northmavine, on the island of Mainland, Shetland, Scotland. Esha Ness Lighthouse is located on the west coast of the peninsula, just south of Calder's Geo. The lighthouse was ...

, on the Northmavine peninsula in the north-west mainland of the

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, Scotland. It sometimes rendered as Eshaness Lighthouse. The lighthouse is at the westernmost extremity of the peninsula, exposed to the

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. The

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has a tapering square tower high and was built between 1925 and 1929 by David Alan Stevenson and Charles Alexander Stevenson, two of the famous 'lighthouse' Stevensons, grandsons of Robert Stevenson. It was built from concrete because of the unsuitability of the local stone. It flashes white every 12 seconds and has a nominal range of . The light is housed in an octagonal lantern atop the square tower, which was built at the top of a high cliff. The lighthouse replaced a temporary structure constructed in 1915 on the Eshaness peninsula to warn of the Ve Skerries some offshore to the south-west. This temporary structure was removed after

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. The light was automated in 1974 and the former lighthouse keepers' accommodation is now holiday accommodation. It is owned by the Shetland Amenity Trust. Unusually, the accommodation was built for only one keeper, whereas most facilities housed three. The lighthouse was listed in 1997, as although it is part of a relatively common type, it has some unusual features, including the use of concrete as a building material. The remote setting of the lighthouse is largely unchanged since it was built, and the structure itself is relatively unmodified and contains much of the original character. It was also the last lighthouse to be built by the Stevenson family of lighthouse engineers, who had designed most of the lighthouses around Scotland over a period of 150 years.

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Northern Lighthouse Board. Retrieved 28 May 2016

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Northern Lighthouse Board

{{authority control Lighthouses completed in 1929 Category B listed buildings in Shetland Category B listed lighthouses Lighthouses in Shetland Northmavine

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