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1161:Minor lights
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1190:Dubh Artach
1151:Tarbat Ness
1146:Sule Skerry
1071:Isle of May
1056:Girdle Ness
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560:"Turnberry"
457:Description
143:Constructed
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100:Coordinates
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1386:Firths Voe
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1131:Stoer Head
1091:North Rona
1001:Cape Wrath
895:55°19′33″N
541:References
198:1986
146:1873
110:55°19′33″N
69:Kirkoswald
32:Lighthouse
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1328:Noup Head
1255:Scarinish
1156:Turnberry
1096:Noss Head
1066:Inchkeith
1051:Fife Ness
1016:Corsewall
991:Bell Rock
986:Bass Rock
898:4°50′40″W
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312:First lit
195:Automated
113:4°50′41″W
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1358:Shetland
1343:Tor Ness
1308:Copinsay
1293:Auskerry
1270:Ushenish
1172:Hebrides
1006:Chanonry
964:Scotland
871:Archived
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568:Archived
566:. 2021.
524:See also
420:Ayrshire
406:and the
288:Heritage
270:Operator
240:Markings
158:Built by
65:Location
1366:Bressay
1215:Lismore
1210:Hyskeir
1205:Haskeir
1111:Rubh Re
954:of the
656:Canmore
414:History
86:OS grid
1285:Orkney
1250:Ruvaal
1230:Ornsay
1220:Monach
1141:Stroma
1101:Pladda
1031:Davaar
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210:Height
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