Headland Reach Light
A weather-facing stone tower long used to mark the turning point into the outer channel.
North Head Reach
Beacons of the northern coast, remembered in light and weather.
Explore lighthouse history through archive photographs, keeper voices, and preserved shoreline landmarks.
- Historic photographs
- Keeper stories
- Preserved towers
Collection overview
What the northern coast archive preserves, and why it still matters.
This collection brings together visual records, lived accounts, and place-based references so visitors can follow lighthouse history as both memory and landscape.
Preserved towers
A coastal spread of surviving lights
From harbor-edge masonry to exposed headland beacons, these towers sketch the range of forms and settings now protected along the northern coast.
Stonehaven Point Lantern
Compact and steep-sided, this point light anchors the rocky approach to a former fishing harbor.
Stonehaven Point
Saltmarsh Bar Beacon
Set beside tidal flats, its low-profile form guided vessels across shifting sand at calmer waterlines.
Inner Saltmarsh
Cliffgate Signal Tower
Perched above a narrow cove, this taller profile served as a visual marker for vessels hugging the coast.
Cliffgate Cove