N 56° 53.0' W 002° 12.90' - Tod Head Lighthouse - Stonehaven - Scotland - Uk
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laranja
N 56° 53.027 W 002° 12.915
30V E 547819 N 6304723
Tod Head Lighthouse was discontinued in 2007, and is now only serves as "waypoint".
Waymark Code: WMF5QK
Location: Northern Scotland, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/27/2012
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The lighthouse building is listed as being of Architectural/Historic interest.
The name Tod Head could be from Gaelic, Toedhadh, warm, simmering as in Tod Burn, ie the warm burn in West Lothian; but it is more likely to be from Tod, old Lowland Scots for Fox, ie Fox Head, known to have been used in 1170.
The lighthouse was automated in 1988.
In January 2005, the three General Lighthouse Authorities (GLAs) of the UK and Ireland issued a consultation document following a joint review of Aids to Navigation of the coasts of the United Kingdom and Ireland.
As a result of this review it was agreed to discontinue the light at Tod Head, which only served as a 'waypoint' rather than to mark a specific hazard. Tod Head was therefore permanently discontinued with effect from 11 July 2007.
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