Fife Ness (Scottish Gaelic: Rubha Fiobha) is a headland forming the most eastern point in Fife, Scotland. Anciently the area was called Muck Ross, which is a corruption of the Scottish Gaelic Muc-Rois meaning "Headland of the Pigs".[3] It is situated in the area of Fife known as the East Neuk, and forms the muzzle of the dog-like outline of the latter when viewed on a map. Ness is a Scots word meaning "headland".[4]

Fife Ness Lighthouse
Fife Ness Light, August 2008
Map
LocationFife Ness
Crail
Fife
Scotland
United Kingdom
OS gridNO6380809749
Coordinates56°16′44″N 2°35′09″W / 56.278834°N 2.585789°W / 56.278834; -2.585789
Tower
Constructed1975
Designed byPeter H. Hyslop Edit this on Wikidata
Constructionconcrete building
Height5 metres (16 ft)
Shapelantern attached to 1-storey building
Markingswhite building
Power sourcemains electricity Edit this on Wikidata
OperatorNorthern Lighthouse Board[1][2]
Heritagecategory B listed building Edit this on Wikidata
Light
Focal height12 metres (39 ft)
Rangewhite: 21 nautical miles (39 km; 24 mi)
red: 20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi)
CharacteristicIso WR 10s.

Fife Ness was home to a Coastguard station until 2012[5] and an important Northern Lighthouse Board lighthouse built in 1975 on project by P. H. Hyslop, warning shipping of the headland and the North Carr shoals. The lighthouse was built to replace the last in a series of lightvessels that guarded the treacherous rocks, as it had proved impossible to build a permanent lighthouse on the rocks themselves.

Fife Ness is also surrounded by the links terrain of Crail Golfing Society.

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References

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  1. ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Southeastern Scotland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  2. ^ Fife Ness Northern Lighthouse Board. Retrieved 16 May 2016
  3. ^ Sibbald, Robert, The History of Fife, p4
  4. ^ "Dictionaries of the Scots Language:: SND :: ness".
  5. ^ Topham, Gwyn (27 September 2012). "Over and out: Forth coastguard signs off". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
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56°16′44″N 2°35′10″W / 56.279°N 2.586°W / 56.279; -2.586