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Fife Ness

Headland and most eastern point of Fife, Scotland

Lighthouse

56°16′44″N 2°35′09″W / 56.278834°N 2.585789°W / 56.278834; -2.585789TowerConstructed1975Designed byPeter H. Hyslop

Constructionconcrete buildingHeight5 metres (16 ft)Shapelantern attached to 1-storey buildingMarkingswhite buildingPower sourcemains electricity

OperatorNorthern Lighthouse Board^[1]^[2]Heritagecategory B listed building

LightFocal height12 metres (39 ft)Rangewhite: 21 nautical miles (39 km; 24 mi)
red: 20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi)CharacteristicIso WR 10s.

Fife Ness (Scottish Gaelic: Rubha Fiobha) is a headland forming the most eastern point in Fife, Scotland. Anciently the area was called Muck Ross, which is a corruption of the Scottish Gaelic Muc-Rois meaning "Headland of the Pigs".^[3] It is situated in the area of Fife known as the East Neuk, and forms the muzzle of the dog-like outline of the latter when viewed on a map. Ness is an archaic Norse word meaning "nose".

Fife Ness was home to a Coastguard station until 2012^[4] and an important Northern Lighthouse Board lighthouse built in 1975 on project by P. H. Hyslop, warning shipping of the headland and the North Carr shoals. The lighthouse was built to replace the last in a series of lightvessels that guarded the treacherous rocks, as it had proved impossible to build a permanent lighthouse on the rocks themselves.

Fife Ness is also surrounded by the links terrain of Crail Golfing Society.

References

^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Southeastern Scotland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
^ Fife Ness Northern Lighthouse Board. Retrieved 16 May 2016
^ Sibbald, Robert, The History of Fife, p4
^ Topham, Gwyn (27 September 2012). "Over and out: Forth coastguard signs off". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 November 2018.