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Graemsay, Hoy Sound High Lighthouse
Lighthouse (19th Century)
Site Name Graemsay, Hoy Sound High Lighthouse
Classification Lighthouse (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) High Lighthouse
Canmore ID 74427
Site Number HY20NE 75
NGR HY 26809 06078
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/74427
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Hoy And Graemsay
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY20NE 75.00 26809 06078
HY20NE 75.01 26798 06070 Keepers' Cottages
Not to be confused with Hoy Sound, Low Lighthouse (HY 2467 0663), for which see HY20NW 24.
See catalogue for full RCAHMS collection.
(Location cited as HY 268 061). Hoy Sound High lighthouse, completed 1851 by engineer Alan Stevenson. Hoy High is a tapering circular section masonry tower, 108 ft (33.9m) high with balcony supported on Gothic-arched corbels. The flat-roofed keepers' houses are of Stevenson's classic Egyptian pattern.
J R Hume 1977.
HY 268 060 Hoy High lighthouse and associated buildings.
Sponsors: Historic Scoland, Orkney Archaeological Trust.
G Wilson and H Moore 1997
Field Visit (August 1997)
This lighthouse, together with its range of keeper's cottages, sheds, outbuildings, slipway and perimeter wall was built in 1851. The lighthouse tower is 33m high and its gallery is carried on gothic-arched corbels. The interior is decorated with angel statuettes and representations of classical wind gods. The flat-roofed, single storey cottages have massive projecting door surrounds and tall, tapering chimneys and are said to have been modelled on Egyptian temples. The lighthouse is now automatically operated and the cottages are currently occupied.
