2021

NO4529 : East Lighthouse, Tayport

taken 3 years ago, near to Tayport, Fife, Scotland

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East Lighthouse, Tayport
East Lighthouse, Tayport
The picture was taken at highish tide; I think at low tide I could have walked past at least one of the fishermen to get a closer picture from the waterside.
The lighthouse was one of a pair, as its name implies - the West Lighthouse (sometimes called High Light Lighthouse) is still in operation, but the East Lighthouse (sometimes called Low Light Lighthouse) has been out of operation for more than 170 years. This would appear to be due to it being positioned too much in line with its sister lighthouse (I know they're not officially at sea, but assume like boats, lighthouses are all female!) It may be the case that both lighthouses were originally the same height, as the West Lighthouse was extended in height after its original construction - rather unhelpfully this extension is only ever said to have taken place 'in the 19th Century'.
It may not have just been its orientation with respect to the West Lighthouse that led to this lighthouse being let go, as it were. Once decommissioned it was replaced by the Pile Lighthouse, or Tayport Pile, which is basically a wooden lighthouse on stilts sticking out of the estuary. This can be seen towards the right of the water horizon. One of the reasons it was positioned where it is, was to warn sailors that there were dangerously shallow waters on its landward side.

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This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · East Lighthouse [11] · Low Light [2] Title Clusters: · East Lighthouse, Tayport [3] ·
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NO4529, 136 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Ian Dodds   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Wednesday, 9 June, 2021   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 15 June, 2021
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NO 4510 2930 [10m precision]
WGS84: 56:27.1589N 2:53.5373W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NO 4495 2935
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East-southeast (about 112 degrees)
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