Eilean Glas Condition Survey | Canmore

Date 4 June 2015 - 5 June 2015

Event ID 1009590

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Type Project

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A condition survey of the Eilean Glas lighthouse complex, Scalpay, undertaken on behalf of Comhairle nan Eilean Siar on 4 and 5 June 2015.

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Event	Type	Subtype	Notes	Date
1009597	RECORDING	FIELD VISIT	A rectangular concrete base set into the courtyard (350405) with inset metal fixings, which lead to ducting set into concrete. Formerly the base for an aerial feeder house linked to an aerial at (350427), with the visible metal fixings formerly functioning as earthing. [...]	4 June 2015
1009609	RECORDING	FIELD VISIT	Single-storey flat-roofed building constructed in 1901 to contain a keeper’s cottage, a radio room and compressors for the foghorn (268315). Forms the western boundary of the central courtyard area. The building is surrounded by an access path (350417). 1901; later minor alterations. [...]	4 June 2015
1009613	RECORDING	FIELD VISIT	Large rubble and cement platform built over exposed rock, acting in part as a retaining wall. Supports the compressed air tanks for the foghorn (350421), and has a number of drainage outflows (including 350422). Presumably c.1907, contemporary with the compressed air tanks (350421). [...]	4 June 2015

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