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Dennis Head Old Beacon

ruined lighthouse on the island of North Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland
Place lighthouse Q5258500

Facts

20 properties

Designation

Instance of
lighthouse
Heritage designation
category A listed building (1971–2018), scheduled monument (1997–present)[18]

Location

Country
United Kingdom[4]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 59.384°, -2.371°[14]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Orkney Islands, Cross and Burness[2][3]

Period and style

Inception
1789[12]
Architect
Thomas Smith, Robert Stevenson[5][6]
Height
21.0[19]
More facts +12
Located in
Orkney Islands, Cross and Burness
Part of
Dennis Head Beacon[9]
Associated electoral district
Orkney and Shetland
Coordinates
🗺️ 59.384°, -2.371°
Designed by
Thomas Smith, Robert Stevenson[7][8]
Has part(s)
North Ronaldsay, Dennis Head, Old Lighthouse, Remains Of Keepers' Houses, East House, North Ronaldsay, Dennis Head, Old Lighthouse, Remains Of Keepers' Houses, West House[10][11]
Has parts
North Ronaldsay, Dennis Head, Old Lighthouse, Remains Of Keepers' Houses, East House, North Ronaldsay, Dennis Head, Old Lighthouse, Remains Of Keepers' Houses, West House
Historic county
Orkney Islands
Located in/on physical feature
North Ronaldsay[15]
OS grid reference
HY7901255392[13]
Service entry
October 10, 1789[16]
Service retirement
1809[17]
🏷️ Also known as
en Kirk Taing en Dennis Head Old Beacon en Dennis Head, Old Beacon, North Ronaldsay en Old Lighthouse, North Ronaldsay en North Ronaldsay, Dennis Head, Old Lighthouse en Old Beacon de Dennis Head Beacon
🔖 Identifiers · 6
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
The Old Beacon - geograph.org.uk - 1759314.jpg ↗
ARLHS lighthouse ID
SCO154
British Listed Buildings ID
200337390
Canmore ID
3644
Freebase ID
/m/0gyzmt
Historic Environment Scotland ID
LB5891, SM6596

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Architect 1
Robert Stevenson
Associated electoral district 1
Orkney and Shetland
Country 1
United Kingdom
Designed by 1
Robert Stevenson
Heritage designation 1
scheduled monument
Historic county 1
Orkney Islands
Instance of 1
lighthouse
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Orkney Islands
Located in/on physical feature 1
North Ronaldsay
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Summary

Dennis Head Old Beacon is a lighthouse[1].

Body

Geography

Located in include Orkney Islands[2], an archipelago[20], in United Kingdom[21] and Cross and Burness[3], a civil parish[22], in United Kingdom[23].

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [2] ↑ . portal.historicenvironment.scot. portal.historicenvironment.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . hodgers.com. hodgers.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Canmore. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . portal.historicenvironment.scot. portal.historicenvironment.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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