Walls, Ram's Head Lighthouse
Lighthouse (19th Century)
Site Name Walls, Ram's Head Lighthouse
Classification Lighthouse (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Easter Sound; Whites Ness; Vaila Sound Lighthouse
Canmore ID 179919
Site Number HU24NW 58
NGR HU 2462 4618
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/179919
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Walls And Sandness
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU24NW 68.00 2462 4618
HU24NW 68.01 HU 2457 4614 jetty
Ram's Head Lighthouse
(flashing green) [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1973.
This light was converted to burn propane in 1970, being the last automatic light to be so altered.
R W Munro 1979.
(Name cited as Vaila Sound - Ram's Head).
Admiralty List of Lights 1980.
(Name cited as Vaila Sound and classified as minor light).
K Allardyce and E M Hood 1986.
Modification (1970)
This light was converted to burn propane in 1970, being the last automatic light to be so altered.
