Brough of Birsay Lighthouse - Lighthouse

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The unmanned Brough of Birsay Lighthouse lighthouse was built in 1925 by David A Stevenson.[2] 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.

Brough of Birsay Lighthouse
Tower


Location	Brough of Birsay Orkney Scotland
Coordinates	59°08′13″N 3°20′21″W
Constructed	1925
Built by	David Alan Stevenson
Construction	masonry tower
Height	11 metres (36 ft)
Shape	cylindrical tower with castellated balcony and lantern attached to service building
Markings	white tower, black lantern, ochre trim
Power source	solar power
Operator	Northern Lighthouse Board[1]

Light
Focal height	52 metres (171 ft)
Intensity	35 watt metal Halide light
Range	18 nautical miles (33 km; 21 mi)
Characteristic	Fl(3) W 25s

References

Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Scotland: Orkney". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
"Brough of Birsay Lighthouse". Northern Lighthouse Board. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2010.

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Northern Lighthouse Board

v t e Lighthouses of the Northern Lighthouse Board
Scotland (except principal island groups)	Ailsa Craig Ardnamurchan Bass Rock Bell Rock Buchan Ness Cape Wrath Chanonry Corran Point Corsewall Covesea Skerries Crammag Head Davaar Duncansby Head Dunnet Head Fidra Fife Ness Girdle Ness Holy Island (Outer) Inchkeith Isle of May Kinnaird Head Mull of Galloway Mull of Kintyre North Rona Noss Head Pladda Rattray Head Rubh Re St Abbs Head Sanda Scurdie Ness Stoer Head Strathy Point Stroma Sule Skerry Tarbat Ness Turnberry Minor lights
The Hebrides	Barra Head Butt of Lewis Dubh Artach Eilean Glas Flannan Islands Haskeir Hyskeir Lismore Monach Neist Point Ornsay Rinns of Islay Rubha nan Gall Rona Ruvaal Scarinish Skerryvore Tiumpan Head Ushenish Minor lights
Orkney	Auskerry Brough of Birsay Cantick Head Copinsay Hoy Sound (High) Hoy Sound (Low) North Ronaldsay Noup Head Pentland Skerries Start Point Tor Ness Minor lights
Shetland	Bressay Eshaness Fair Isle North Fair Isle South Firths Voe Foula Hoo Stack Little Holm Muckle Flugga Out Skerries Point of Fethaland Sumburgh Head Ve Skerries Minor lights
Isle of Man	Chicken Rock Douglas Head Langness (minor light) Maughold Head Point of Ayre Thousla Rock (minor light)

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Authority control
General	VIAF 1 WorldCat
Lighthouse identifiers	Admiralty A3700 ARLHS MarineTraffic NGA

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