This is the first of two Lighthouse of the Week posts featuring lighthouses on the southwestern coast of Scotland. You'll see where they are in a moment. One is old and inactive (but still looks maintained and historical); the other is more prominent, and looks well-maintained, but is also inactive. More on that next week.
This week, the lighthouse is the Portpatrick Light. As noted, it's in Scotland, about the closest point of Scotland to Northern Ireland. Visualize that here. (A little to the north there is a point that might be a couple of km closer, but is not heavily inhabited, though there is a lighthouse up there, too.)
There isn't a lot to learn about this one; the Lighthouse Directory provides what there is to learn.
"1839 (station established 1774). Inactive since 1900; sometimes lit decoratively on holidays. Approx. 11 m (36 ft) round cylindrical brick tower with lantern and gallery. Tower is unpainted yellow brick; lantern painted white with a black roof. ... In the early 1900s the light was shone landward as a streetlight. The original lighthouse is said to have been dismantled and shipped for reassembly in Sri Lanka, then called Ceylon. The tower is privately owned; Michael Spencer reports that the keys are kept at the Lighthouse Pottery nearby and "polite enquiry will secure their loan." Located on the south side of the harbor entrance in Portpatrick."
Four pictures are below. There is another good picture here, similar to the first one below: Portpatrick Harbour and Lighthouse
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