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Hoy Sound, Low Lighthouse

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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

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Oblique aerial view centred on the lighthouse with the coastal gun battery adjacent, taken from the WNW.
Oblique aerial view centred on the lighthouse with the coastal gun battery adjacent, taken from the WNW.General view.Oblique aerial view of Orkney, Graemsay, taken from the W, of the Hoy Sound lighthouse and Graemsay coast battery.Oblique aerial view centred on the lighthouse with the coastal gun battery adjacent, taken from the SSW.Oblique aerial view of Orkney, Graemsay, Hoy Sound Lighthouse and Graemsay coast battery, taken from the NE.Aerial view of Orkney, Graemsay, taken from the WSW, of the Hoy Sound lighthouse and Graemsay coast battery.Oblique aerial view centred on the lighthouse with the coastal gun battery adjacent, taken from the SE.Aerial view of Orkney, Graemsay, taken from the W, of the Hoy Sound lighthouse and Graemsay coast battery.Oblique aerial view centred on the lighthouse with the coastal gun battery adjacent, taken from the N.Oblique aerial view centred on the lighthouse with the coastal gun battery adjacent, taken from the NNW.Oblique aerial view centred on Hoy Sound Low lighthouse with the coastal gun battery adjacent, taken from the North West.Oblique aerial view of Orkney, Graemsay, Hoy Sound Lighthouse and Graemsay coast battery, taken from the SW.Oblique aerial view of Orkney, Graemsay, taken from the NW, of the Hoy Sound lighthouse and Graemsay coast battery.

Administrative Areas

  • Council Orkney Islands
  • Parish Hoy And Graemsay
  • Former Region Orkney Islands Area
  • Former District Orkney
  • Former County Orkney

Archaeology Notes

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.

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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

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Modification (1966)

Made automatic in 1966.

J R Hume 1977

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Field Visit (August 1997)

Coastal Assessment Survey of Burray, Flotta, Graemsay, Hoy and South Ronaldsay

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

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