IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Hamilton Avenue, TAYPORT, DD6 9BW
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Hamilton Avenue, DD6 9BW by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
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Image Map
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Image Listing (21 Images Found)
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Newport Railway
A replacement deck for an bridge on the trackbed of the Newport Railway which linked Tayport with the original Tay Bridge. It is now a cycle/footpath. (National Cycle Route 1).
Image: © Richard Webb
Taken: 21 Aug 2009
0.20 miles
2
Fife Coastal Path at Tayport
On the right are five huge drilling rigs moored at the Dundee docks.
Image: © Mat Fascione
Taken: 26 Jun 2017
0.20 miles
3
Houses on Commonty Road, Tayport
From the old railway track.
Image: © Stanley Howe
Taken: 25 Jun 2015
0.21 miles
4
East lighthouse and lighthouse cottage
The view of the East Lighthouse and lighthouse cottage as seen from the road. The Fife Coastal Path Image runs to the south of the road.
Image: © Sandy Gemmill
Taken: 14 Aug 2012
0.22 miles
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East Lighthouse, Tayport
The picture was taken at highish tide; I think at low tide I could have walked past at least one of the fishermen to get a closer picture from the waterside.
The lighthouse was one of a pair, as its name implies - the West Lighthouse (sometimes called High Light Lighthouse) is still in operation, but the East Lighthouse (sometimes called Low Light Lighthouse) has been out of operation for more than 170 years. This would appear to be due to it being positioned too much in line with its sister lighthouse (I know they're not officially at sea, but assume like boats, lighthouses are all female!) It may be the case that both lighthouses were originally the same height, as the West Lighthouse was extended in height after its original construction - rather unhelpfully this extension is only ever said to have taken place 'in the 19th Century'.
It may not have just been its orientation with respect to the West Lighthouse that led to this lighthouse being let go, as it were. Once decommissioned it was replaced by the Pile Lighthouse, or Tayport Pile, which is basically a wooden lighthouse on stilts sticking out of the estuary. This can be seen towards the right of the water horizon. One of the reasons it was positioned where it is, was to warn sailors that there were dangerously shallow waters on its landward side.
Image: © Ian Dodds
Taken: 9 Jun 2021
0.22 miles
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Newport Railway
The railway from Newport to Tayport is now partly used as a cycle path.
Image: © Richard Webb
Taken: 25 Feb 2012
0.22 miles
8
Tayport East Lighthouse
The East Lighthouse was built in 1823 by Robert Stevenson, it is 12 metres (39 feet) in height. It has not been lit since 1848.
Image: © Mat Fascione
Taken: 26 Jun 2017
0.22 miles
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NCR1 and Old Railway track at Tayport
Also part of the Fife Coastal Path.
Image: © Stanley Howe
Taken: 25 Jun 2015
0.22 miles
10
Fife Coastal Path at Tayport
The Fife Coastal Path leaving Tayport to the west, with the Firth of Tay and Dundee beyond.
Image: © Scott Cormie
Taken: 7 Aug 2020
0.23 miles