Publication Account
Date 1996
Event ID 1016200
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1016200
The oldest lighthouse in the Northern Isles, this is a very pleasing stone-built tower some 21m high. It was built in 1789 as a manned light, but in 1809 it was converted into an unlit beacon and the lantern was replaced by a great ball of masonry which had topped the beacon at Start Point, Sanday. The tower survives in good condition externally, but the timber stairs inside have rotted away; the ruins of the original keepers' house may be seen alongside.
Information from ‘Exploring Scotland’s Heritage: Orkney’, (1996).
