Barns Ness lighthouse
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Barns Ness lighthouse
Image: © Walter Baxter Taken: 8 Aug 2008
The head of the 37m high tower where the light was discontinued in 2005 after 104 years of operation. A row of starlings are perched on a rail and the domed roof edge, with some on the rungs of an access ladder.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.987236
Longitude
-2.445239