OS grid reference HY484153 Country Scotland Height 13 m Island group Orkney Council area Orkney | Sovereign state United Kingdom Population 0 Opened 1893 Automated 1967 Lieutenancy area Orkney | |
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Similar Muckle Skerry, Graemsay, Brough of Birsay, Noup Head Lighthouse, Burroughston Broch | ||
Helliar Holm is an uninhabited island off the coast of Shapinsay in the Orkney Islands, Scotland. It is home to a 42-foot-tall (13 m) lighthouse, which was built in 1893 and automated in 1967. It is a tidal island that used to be connected to Shapinsay. It is still possible to walk across from the mainland during very low tides.
Map of Helliar Holm, United Kingdom
The island also has the ruins of a broch, cairn and chapel.
In the Orkneyinga Saga it is referred to as both "Hellisey" and "Eller Holm" and John of Fordun refers to it as "Helene-holm"
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