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Perie Bard, Mousa Lighthouse
Beacon (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Perie Bard, Mousa Lighthouse
Classification Beacon (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Mousa, Lighthouse; Mousa Light; Peerie Bard
Canmore ID 180993
Site Number HU42SE 6
NGR HU 47085 23878
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/180993
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Dunrossness
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU42SE 6 47085 23878
Mousa Lighthouse [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1972.
Location formerly entered in error as HU 4708 2308.
This beacon or minor light is situated on Perie or Peerie Bard [name: HU 470 238], a small islet off the SE side of Mousa. It was built in 1951 by P H Hyslop (engineer), and was designed for automatic operation from the outset.
This building is depicted, but not noted, on the current edition of the OS (GIS) AIB.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 18 July 2006.
K Allardyce 1998.
