Orkney Smr Note

Event ID 617155

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Orkney Smr Note

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Originally built as the main lighthouse in the north of

Orkney, 1789, engineer T Smith. Stone tower 70ft high with

keepers accommodation adjoining. Originally had an early example

of reflecting system, but extinguished 1809 when the masonry ball

removed from the Start was erected in place of the light. The

tower and ball still stand as an empty shell (access to top was

originally by a wooden spiral stair).

Information from Orkney SMR RGL, cf OR 292. [n.d.]