Eshaness Lighthouse
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Eshaness Lighthouse, picture taken by Shetlopedian Gazb159 at 8pm.
Basic Information :
| Name | Eshaness Lighthouse |
| Position | Latitude 60° 29.3’N
Longitude 01° 37.6’W |
| Location | In the west part of Northmavine, Shetland, |
| Description | A white square tower, 40 foot high |
| Built by | David A. Stevenson |
| First lit | 1929 |
| Character | Flashing White every 12 seconds |
| Nominal Range | 25 miles |
| Elevation | 61 meters |
| Automated | 1974 |
| Other information | The keepers quarters were sold to private owners in 1974.
They were bought by Shetland Amenity Trust in 2005, for £75,000 from the well known writer about lighthouses, Sharma Krauskopf, and turned into self- catering holiday accommodation. |
