Brough of Birsay Lighthouse
Brough of Birsay Lighthouse | |
Location | off Mainland, Orkney, Scotland |
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Coordinates | 59°08′13″N 3°20′21″W / 59.13683°N 3.33911°WCoordinates: 59°08′13″N 3°20′21″W / 59.13683°N 3.33911°W |
Year first constructed | 1925 |
Year first lit | 1925 |
Automated | converted to solar power in 2002 |
Construction | castellated tower |
Focal height | 52m |
Intensity | 35 watt Metal Halide light |
Range | 18 miles |
Characteristic | Flashing (3) White every 25 Secs[1] |
The unmanned Brough of Birsay Lighthouse lighthouse was built in 1925 by David A Stevenson.[1] It is located on the Brough of Birsay, an uninhabited tidal island off the north west coast of Mainland in Orkney, Scotland, in the parish of Birsay.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Brough of Birsay Lighthouse". Northern Lighthouse Board. Retrieved 5 March 2010.