Museum Represents a museum WC Yes EventsForChildren No Place The town or city Dumfries HearingLoop No IsIncludedThisYear No DisabledAccess No Activities <p>Directions: From the A710 Coast Road take the Southerness road (well signposted). Park in the village and walk down to the lighthouse. Toilets in the village.</p><p>Image © www.scran.ac.uk</p> OpeningTime1 09.00-17.00 OpeningDate1 30/9/2012 OpeningTime2 09.00-17.00 IsNewThisYear No ID Google Panorama ID 10526 Refreshments No Street The street address Southerness Postcode DG2 8AZ Parking No DisabledWC No LimitedAccess No NotAccessible No Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Southerness Lighthouse Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived dumfriesandgalloway Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1139 Type The nature or genre of the resource Museum Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,54.87337,-3.595447; Description An account of the resource <div>Picturesque Southerness Lighthouse stands at the foot of the old part of Southerness village. This is the oldest surviving complete lighthouse in Scotland and was once home to the lighthouse keeper night after night, as he ensured safety from the perils of the Solway’s rocks and sands. </div><div> </div><div>The lighthouse was completed in 1748 and would have been a familiar sight for the young John Paul Jones growing up at Arbigland. The sand and rocks of the Barnhouries off Southerness were especially dangerous, and the subject of folk tales such as ‘The Mermaid of Barnhourie’. The lighthouse was maintained until 1867, but the subsequent lack of it resulted in a horrendous series of shipping losses until Georgina Blackett of Arbigland (a great aunt of the previous owner), raised £250 to re-install the light. Inside the lighthouse there is a steep wooden staircase leading up to the light, where you will find spectacular views of the Solway Firth. </div> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1748