Hoy Sound, Low Lighthouse
Lighthouse (19th Century)
Site Name Hoy Sound, Low Lighthouse
Classification Lighthouse (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Graemsay
Canmore ID 74422
Site Number HY20NW 24
NGR HY 24708 06643
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/74422
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Hoy And Graemsay
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY20NW 24.00 24674 06635
HY20NW 24.01 24697 06627 Keepers' Houses
HY20NW 24.02 24693 06615 Dry store
HY20NW 24.03 24702 06610 Coal Store
HY20NW 24.04 Centred 24709 06601 Boundary Walls
HY20NW 24.05 24700 06582 Sundial
Not to be confused with Hoy Sound, High Lighthouse (HY 2680 0607), for which see HY20NE 75.
(Location cited as HY 247 066). Hoy Sound Low lighthouse, completed 1851 by engineer Alan Stevenson. Hoy Low is a n unusually short tower, with 1-storeyed keepers' cottages. It was made automatic in 1966.
J R Hume 1977.
HY 246 066. Hoy Low lighthouse and associated structures.
Sponsors: Historic Scotland, Orkney Archaeological Trust.
G Wilson and H Moore 1997.
Construction (1851)
(Location cited as HY 247 066). Hoy Sound Low lighthouse, completed 1851 by engineer Alan Stevenson. Hoy Low is a n unusually short tower, with 1-storeyed keepers' cottages. It was made automatic in 1966.
J R Hume 1977
Field Visit (August 1997)
Built in 1851, the buildings comprise a low, lime washed circular lighthouse tower of staggered ashlar and a range of single-storied keepers houses with platformed roofs. The lighthouse has been automated; the keepers cottages are currently occupied.
Moore and Wilson, 1997
Coastal Zone Assessment Survey
