Buchan Ness Lighthouse
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Buchan Ness Lighthouse is a prominent 19th-century Scottish coastal lighthouse near Boddam, Aberdeenshire, known for guiding ships around the dangerous Buchan Ness headland.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Buchan Ness Lighthouse canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4729874 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Buchan Ness Lighthouse Context triple: [David Alan Stevenson, designed, Buchan Ness Lighthouse]
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Bressay Lighthouse
Bressay Lighthouse is a historic coastal beacon on the island of Bressay in Shetland, Scotland, guiding ships entering Lerwick Harbour since the mid-19th century.
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B.
Inchkeith Lighthouse
Inchkeith Lighthouse is a historic navigational beacon situated on Inchkeith Island in Scotland, guiding maritime traffic through the Firth of Forth.
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C.
Highland Lighthouse
Highland Lighthouse is a historic coastal beacon in Truro, Massachusetts, known as Cape Cod’s oldest lighthouse and a prominent maritime navigation landmark.
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D.
Barra Head Lighthouse
Barra Head Lighthouse is a remote Scottish lighthouse situated on the southern tip of the Outer Hebrides, guiding ships through the hazardous waters around the island of Berneray.
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E.
Covesea Skerries Lighthouse
Covesea Skerries Lighthouse is a historic Scottish coastal lighthouse near Lossiemouth, Moray, known for guiding ships through the dangerous skerries of the Moray Firth.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Buchan Ness Lighthouse Target entity description: Buchan Ness Lighthouse is a prominent 19th-century Scottish coastal lighthouse near Boddam, Aberdeenshire, known for guiding ships around the dangerous Buchan Ness headland.
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A.
Bressay Lighthouse
Bressay Lighthouse is a historic coastal beacon on the island of Bressay in Shetland, Scotland, guiding ships entering Lerwick Harbour since the mid-19th century.
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B.
Inchkeith Lighthouse
Inchkeith Lighthouse is a historic navigational beacon situated on Inchkeith Island in Scotland, guiding maritime traffic through the Firth of Forth.
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C.
Highland Lighthouse
Highland Lighthouse is a historic coastal beacon in Truro, Massachusetts, known as Cape Cod’s oldest lighthouse and a prominent maritime navigation landmark.
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D.
Barra Head Lighthouse
Barra Head Lighthouse is a remote Scottish lighthouse situated on the southern tip of the Outer Hebrides, guiding ships through the hazardous waters around the island of Berneray.
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E.
Covesea Skerries Lighthouse
Covesea Skerries Lighthouse is a historic Scottish coastal lighthouse near Lossiemouth, Moray, known for guiding ships through the dangerous skerries of the Moray Firth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
coastal lighthouse
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lighthouse ⓘ navigational aid ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Stevenson lighthouse engineering family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| automated | yes ⓘ |
| automationDate | 1988 ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1820s ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| designedBy | Robert Stevenson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focalHeight | 40 metres ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
fog signal (historical)
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keeper’s cottages ⓘ walled compound ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Category A listed building ⓘ |
| historicEra | 19th century ⓘ |
| inception | 1827 ⓘ |
| latitude | approximately 57.47° N ⓘ |
| lightCharacteristic | Fl (3) W 15s ⓘ |
| lightRange | 24 nautical miles ⓘ |
| lightSource | electric lamp ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Aberdeenshire
NERFINISHED
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Boddam NERFINISHED ⓘ Buchan Ness NERFINISHED ⓘ Scotland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Boddam Harbour
NERFINISHED
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Peterhead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | North Sea ⓘ |
| longitude | approximately 1.77° W ⓘ |
| managesShippingAround | Buchan Ness headland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managingAgent | Northern Lighthouse Board NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marking | white tower with red horizontal band ⓘ |
| materialUsed | granite ⓘ |
| nearbyHazard |
Buchan Ness reefs
NERFINISHED
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rocky coastline of Aberdeenshire ⓘ |
| notableFor |
guiding North Sea shipping traffic
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prominent position on Buchan Ness headland ⓘ |
| originalLightSource | oil lamp ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Northern Lighthouse Board NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Northern Lighthouse Board network NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
to guide ships around the Buchan Ness headland
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to warn ships of dangerous coastal waters ⓘ |
| region | Northeast Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | active lighthouse ⓘ |
| towerHeight | 35 metres ⓘ |
| towerShape | cylindrical tower ⓘ |
| yearOfCompletion | 1827 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Buchan Ness Lighthouse Description of subject: Buchan Ness Lighthouse is a prominent 19th-century Scottish coastal lighthouse near Boddam, Aberdeenshire, known for guiding ships around the dangerous Buchan Ness headland.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Buchan