SOUTHERNESS LIGHTHOUSE, SOUTHERNESS POINT, DUMFRIESSHIRE, SCOTLAND.
SOUTHERNESS LIGHTHOUSE IS LOCATED AT SOUTHERNESS POINT IN THE SMALL VILLAGE OF SOUTHERNESS IN SCOTLAND. IT IS AT PRESENT THE SECOND OLDEST LIGHTHOUSE IN SCOTLAND. THE LIGHTHOUSE WAS COMMISSIONED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF DUMFRIES IN 1748 TO ASSIST IN THE SAFE PASSAGE THOUGH THE SOLWAY FIRTH OF SHIPS HEADING TO THE NITH ESTUARY. AT THAT TIME ROADS IN SOUTH WEST SCOTLAND WERE QUITE SPARSE SO THE BULK OF TRADE EVEN BETWEEN LOCAL VILLAGES, WAS CARRIED OUT BY SEA. DUMFRIES WAS A MAJOR PORT AND THERE WERE REGULAR CONNECTIONS WITH LIVERPOOL AND, ESPECIALLY, IRELAND. THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE LIGHTHOUSE WAS COMPLETED IN 1749.
THE LIGHTHOUSE WAS RAISED FROM ITS ORIGINAL STRUCTURE, MOST NOTABLY BETWEEN 1843 AND 1844 TO A DESIGN BY WALTER NEWALL, TAKING ON ITS CURRENT DISTINCTIVE SQUARE SHAPE AND STANDING 17 METERS TALL.
THE LIGHT WAS EXTINGUISHED DUE TO FINANCIAL REASONS BETWEEN 1867 AND 1894. THE LIGHTHOUSE WAS DECOMMISSIONED IN 1936 AND THE LIGHTHOUSE IS NOW DISUSED.

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