Bass Rock, Bass Rock

Name: Bass Rock
Address: Bass Rock, United Kingdom

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Top attraction, Vernacular architecture, Lighthouse

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The Bass Rock Lighthouse on Bass Rock is a 20-metre lighthouse, built in 1902 by David Stevenson, who demolished the 13th-century keep, or governor's house, and some other buildings within the castle for the stone. The commissioners of the Northern Lighthouse Board decided that a lighthouse should be erected on the Bass Rock in July 1897 along with another light at Barns Ness near Dunbar. The cost of constructing the Bass Rock light was £8,087, a light first being shone from the rock on the evening of 1 November 1902. It has been unmanned since 1988 and is remotely monitored from the board's headquarters in Edinburgh. Until the automation the lighthouse was lit by incandescent gas obtained from vaporised paraffin oil converted into a bunsen gas for heating a mantle. Since that time a new biform ML300 synchronised bifilament 20-watt electric lamp has been used. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 56°4'34"N, 2°38'26"W

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Bass Rock – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Tantallon Castle, Scottish Seabird Centre, The Glen Golf Club, North Berwick Law.

1.4 miS
14th-century castle ruins with tower
Tantallon Castle, North Berwick
36 min walk • Perched on a precipitous cliff overlooking the Firth of Forth, Tantallon Castle is a formidable fortress that embodies Scotland's medieval past. Located near North Berwick, this semi-ruined castle dates back to the mid-14th century and was once the stronghold of the...
3.1 miW
Museum, Nature and wildlife, Park
Scottish Seabird Centre, North Berwick
80 min walk • The Scottish Seabird Centre is a marine conservation and education charity, that is supported by a 5 star visitor attraction in North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland. Opened by HRH Duke of Rothesay in 2000 and funded by the Millennium Commission.
2.7 miSW
56°3'26"N • 2°42'11"W
The Glen Golf Club, North Berwick
70 min walk • Outdoor activities, Golf
3.4 miSW
Landmark hill with striking panoramas
North Berwick Law, North Berwick
87 min walk • North Berwick Law, sometimes abbreviated to Berwick Law, is a conical hill which rises conspicuously from the surrounding landscape. It overlooks the East Lothian town of North Berwick, Scotland, and stands at 613 ft above sea level. It is considerably steeper on its north side.
4.6 miW
Golf
North Berwick West Links
117 min walk • One of two golf courses within North Berwick, the West Links is by far the more renowned. It regularly holds various championships and is used as a qualifying venue when The Open Championship is held at Muirfield. It was opened in 1832 and occupies a place at the centre of golfing history.
2.9 miSW
Forts and castles
North Berwick Castle, North Berwick
74 min walk • North Berwick Castle was a castle on motte, originating in the 13th-century, east of North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland, just south of the Firth of Forth.
5.8 miW
Church
Dirleton Kirk
149 min walk • Dirleton Kirk is a church in the village of Dirleton, in East Lothian, Scotland. The church is to the north of the village green.
1.6 miS
Forts and castles, Vernacular architecture
Auldhame Castle, North Berwick
41 min walk • Auldhame Castle is a ruined L-plan tower house standing on a ridge above Seacliff beach, about 3 miles east of North Berwick in East Lothian, and less than half a mile from Tantallon Castle.
5.2 miW
Beach
Yellowcraig
133 min walk • Yellowcraig, less commonly known as Broad Sands Beach, is a coastal area of forest, beach and grassland in East Lothian, south-east Scotland. Yellowcraig is partly within the Firth of Forth Site of Special Scientific Interest.
3.6 miS
Temple, Architecture, Sacred and religious sites
St Mary's
91 min walk • Whitekirk and Tyninghame is a civil parish in East Lothian, Scotland, which takes its name from the two small settlements of Whitekirk and Tyninghame. The two separate ancient parishes were joined in 1761.
4.8 miSW
Forts and castles
Kingston
123 min walk • Kingston is a small hamlet near North Berwick in East Lothian, Scotland. Kingston was once known as Kings Seat, historic maps of the area show this.