Fife Ness

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 a Scots word meaning "headland".^[4]

Fife Ness Lighthouse

Fife Ness Light, August 2008
Location	Fife Ness Crail Fife Scotland United Kingdom
OS grid	NO6380809749
Coordinates	56.278834°N 2.585789°W / 56.278834; -2.585789
Tower
Constructed	1975
Designed by	Peter H. Hyslop
Construction	concrete building
Height	5 metres (16 ft)
Shape	lantern attached to 1-storey building
Markings	white building
Power source	mains electricity
Operator	Northern Lighthouse Board[1][2]
Heritage	category B listed building
Light
Focal height	12 metres (39 ft)
Range	white: 21 nautical miles (39 km; 24 mi) red: 20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi)
Characteristic	Iso WR 10s.

Fife Ness was home to a Coastguard station until 2012^[5] 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.

See also

• Scotland portal
• Engineering portal

• List of lighthouses in Scotland
• List of Northern Lighthouse Board lighthouses

References

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

External links

• Northern Lighthouse Board
• Fife Place-name Data :: Fife Ness

56.279°N 2.586°W / 56.279; -2.586