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Shapinsay, Helliar Holm, Lighthouse

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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

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Oblique aerial view centred on the lighthouse, taken from the E.
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Administrative Areas

  • Council Orkney Islands
  • Parish Shapinsay
  • Former Region Orkney Islands Area
  • Former District Orkney
  • Former County Orkney

Archaeology Notes

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.

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Construction (1893)

Light established in 1893.

K Allardyce and E M Hood 1986

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Modification (1967)

Automated in 1967.

K Allardyce and E M Hood 1986

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