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Brough of Birsay Lighthouse

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Year first constructed
  
1925

Height
  
11 metres (36 ft)

Construction
  
masonry tower

Brough of Birsay Lighthouse

Location
  
Brough of Birsay Orkney Scotland

Tower shape
  
cylindrical tower with castellated balcony and lantern attached to service building

Markings / pattern
  
white tower, black lantern, ochre trim

The unmanned Brough of Birsay Lighthouse lighthouse was built in 1925 by David A Stevenson. 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.

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Brough of Birsay Lighthouse Wikipedia