Kinnaird Head

Kinnaird Head projects into the North Sea beside the harbour of Fraserburgh, at the northeastern corner of Scotland. A castle was built on the headland in the sixteenth century, probably to protect the new harbour. In 1787 the old building acquired a different purpose when a lantern was set on its tower: Kinnaird Head became the first lighthouse established by the Commissioners of Northern Lights. Its beam marked the exposed headland for ships passing between Scotland's east coast and the Moray Firth.