Shapinsay, Helliar Holm, Lighthouse
Lighthouse (19th Century)
Site Name Shapinsay, Helliar Holm, Lighthouse
Classification Lighthouse (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Shapinsay Lighthouse
Canmore ID 74475
Site Number HY41NE 30
NGR HY 48363 15001
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/74475
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Shapinsay
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY41NE 30 48363 15001
(Location cited as HY 483 151). Helliar Holm Lighthouse, completed 1839 by engineer D Alan Stevenson. An attractive 42ft (12.8m) circular-section tower, with two-storey, ridged-roof keepers' houses. Automatic since 1967.
J R Hume 1977.
