{"id":1870,"date":"2024-12-13T16:57:39","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T16:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visit-angus.blue2web.co.uk\/?post_type=attraction&#038;p=1870"},"modified":"2025-02-07T11:28:10","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T11:28:10","slug":"scurdie-ness-lighthouse","status":"publish","type":"attraction","link":"https:\/\/visitangus.com\/things-to-see-do\/attractions\/scurdie-ness-lighthouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Scurdie Ness Lighthouse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scurdie Ness\u00a0is a headland located on the south side of the\u00a0River South Esk, which leads from the\u00a0North Sea\u00a0into Montrose Harbour\u00a0and then into\u00a0Montrose Basin. The word Scurdie is a local word for the\u00a0volcanic rock\u00a0found there\u00a0and Ness means headland.<\/p>\n<p>Scurdie Ness lighthouse was built by\u00a0David Stevenson\u00a0and\u00a0Thomas Stevenson\u00a0and was lit for the first time on Tuesday 1 March 1870. During\u00a0World War II\u00a0the lighthouse was temporarily painted black.<\/p>\n<p>Originally the\u00a0light\u00a0was fixed white but was changed to isophase white 60 seconds (i.e. light 30 seconds, eclipse 30 seconds) in 1907. The lighthouse was converted to automatic operation in 1987 and now displays 3 white flashes separated by 2.5 seconds and repeated every 20 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>The road to Scurdie Ness Lighthouse is a popular walk and sightings of\u00a0seals\u00a0and\u00a0dolphins\u00a0are not unusual.\u00a0Whales\u00a0are sometimes seen in the area including rare sightings of\u00a0humpback whales.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong>\u00a0location of the pin on Google Maps is a guide only.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1862,"template":"","tags":[89],"location":[11],"accessibility":[],"attraction-type":[129,82,141,99,96],"class_list":["post-1870","attraction","type-attraction","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-dog-friendly","location-montrose","attraction-type-dog-friendly","attraction-type-heritage-attractions","attraction-type-history-culture","attraction-type-nature-wildlife","attraction-type-walking-hiking"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast 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