Location | |
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OS grid reference | HU702719 |
Coordinates | 60°25′26″N0°43′41″W / 60.424°N 0.728°W Coordinates: 60°25′26″N0°43′41″W / 60.424°N 0.728°W |
Physical geography | |
Island group | Out Skerries Shetland |
Area | 0.05 km |
Administration | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Country | Scotland |
Council area | Shetland Islands |
Demographics | |
Population | 0 |
References | [1] [2] |
Bound Skerry Lighthouse | |
Constructed | 1858 |
Built by | David Stevenson, Thomas Stevenson |
Construction | stone |
Automated | 7 April 1972 |
Height | 30 m (98 ft) |
Shape | cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern |
Markings | white (tower), black (lantern), ochre (trim) |
Operator | Northern Lighthouse Board |
Heritage | category B listed building |
Focal height | 44 m (144 ft) |
Intensity | 159,000 candela |
Range | 20 nmi (37 km; 23 mi) |
Characteristic | Fl W 20s |
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It has a lighthouse on it, which was built in 1857 at a cost of £21,000. [3] [4] Robert Louis Stevenson's family were lighthouse builders, and his signature can be seen in its guestbook. [1] The keepers lived on nearby Grunay.
The island was bombed twice in World War II by the German Luftwaffe, because it was suspected to harbour a munitions factory. [1]
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