Note
Date 1980
Event ID 1136196
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Note
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Old Beacon, North Ronaldsay HY 7901 5539 HY75NE
Stone tower, 21m high, built 1789 as first lighthouse in N of Orkney, later superseded by Start Point. In 1809 the masonry ball originally at the Start was installed to convert the tower into an unlit beacon. Tower and ball are intact, with ruins of keepers' accommodation at the foot, but the timber stairs in the tower have decayed away.
RCAHMS 1980
(OR 237)
