Barns Ness Lighthouse

#1680 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Barns Ness Lighthouse is 3.1 miles from Dunbar and was constructed by the engineers and brothers David A. Stevenson and Charles Alexander Stevenson, cousins of the novelist Robert Louis Stevenson, between 1899 and 1901. Taking approximately 2½ years to construct, it was constructed from stone quarried from Craigree and Barnton. In 1976 it was described as a tall tower, slightly tapered with a circular section having a circular lantern which has triangular panes and a domed roof. The keepers' cottages were, as is typical, one floored, flat roofed buildings which were coated with harling but had their quoins exposed. The lintel above the door to the lighthouse is dated 1901. Within the compound of the lighthouse there was also a sundial and a flagpole. ()

Coordinates: 55°59'14"N, 2°26'43"W

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Barns Ness Lighthouse – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Dunbar Castle, John Muir's Birthplace, Dunbar Harbour, Coast to Coast Surf School.

3.1 miNW
Ruins, Historical place, Forts and castles
Dunbar Castle, Dunbar
79 min walk • Dunbar Castle was one of the strongest fortresses in Scotland, situated in a prominent position overlooking the harbour of the town of Dunbar, in East Lothian. Several fortifications were built successively on the site, near the English-Scottish border. The last was slighted in 1567; it is a ruin today.
2.9 miW
History museum, Museum
John Muir's Birthplace, Dunbar
75 min walk • John Muir's Birthplace, in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland, is a museum run by East Lothian Council Museums Service as a centre for study and interpretation of the work of the Scottish-American conservationist John Muir.
3 miNW
Harbor
Dunbar Harbour, Dunbar
77 min walk • Dunbar Harbour is a seaport forming the north-east part of the town of Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland. It is situated on a point projecting from the North Sea coast of East Lothian into the mouth of the Firth of Forth.
2.7 miW
55°59'55"N • 2°30'48"W
Coast to Coast Surf School, Dunbar
70 min walk • Surfing, Outdoor activities, Tours
4.7 miW
55°59'60"N • 2°33'54"W
East Links Family Park, Dunbar
120 min walk • Theme park, Amusement park, Zoo
4.2 miSE
Church
Dunglass Collegiate Church
108 min walk • Dunglass Collegiate Church is situated in south-east East Lothian just off the old A1 highway, one mile north of Cockburnspath in Berwickshire, Scotland, UK. It is designated as a scheduled monument.
5.9 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Protected area
Pease Dean
152 min walk • Pease Dean is a nature reserve at Pease Bay, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, near the Anglo-Scottish border and Cockburnspath, Cove, and Dunglass. OS 67 NT794707. The reserve is managed by the Scottish Wildlife Trust and has two parts: Pease Burn...
2.5 miW
Brewery, Nightlife
Belhaven Brewery, Dunbar
64 min walk • Belhaven Brewery is a brewery based in Belhaven, Scotland. The brewery dates from 1719, at least; by 2005 it had become the largest and oldest surviving independent brewery in Scotland.
4.9 miW
Park
John Muir Country Park
126 min walk • The John Muir Country Park is a country park near the village of West Barns, which is part of the town of Dunbar in East Lothian, Scotland.
2.7 miW
Church
Dunbar Collegiate Church, Dunbar
69 min walk • Dunbar Collegiate Church is renowned as having been the first collegiate church, in 1342, to have been established in the Lothians. The church was situated on the same site as the present-day parish church, on Queen's Road just south of Dunbar town centre.
2.3 miS
Forts and castles
Innerwick Castle
59 min walk • Innerwick Castle is a ruined castle in East Lothian, Scotland, near the village of Innerwick, 5 miles from Dunbar, on the Thornton Burn, and overlooking Thornton Glen.