The Cloch

[jack russell]

nice share Bill .. betting the drapes are to stop the light from the landside bedrooms every 5 seconds ..

[fstopMike]

Excellent post, Bill! On the right hand side, it loooks like a Coleman lantern hanging off a post. Surely there's more light out there than that!!! Love lighthouses and I love this shot.

[billmac57]

Originally Posted by SoxAddict

Terrific shot, I love it Bill!

Thank you so much.

Originally Posted by jack russell

nice share Bill .. betting the drapes are to stop the light from the landside bedrooms every 5 seconds ..

Thanks Jack, you could be right

Originally Posted by fstopMike

Excellent post, Bill! On the right hand side, it loooks like a Coleman lantern hanging off a post. Surely there's more light out there than that!!! Love lighthouses and I love this shot.

Thanks Mike, this is from secret scotland.


As with all the country's lighthouses, the Cloch light is now fully automated and unmanned. At some time, believed to be during the 1990s, the main light was closed down and replaced by an optic mounted on a pole just outside the lantern. This can be seen on the seaward side of the lantern pictured at the head of this page. The light continues to flash with the same character, but is of restricted range - from the other side of the firth it is hard to distinguish it from adjacent street lights.