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Brough of Birsay Lighthouse

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Brough of Birsay Lighthouse
Brough of Birsay Lighthouse. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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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 northwest coast of Mainland in Orkney, Scotland, in the parish of Birsay. The island can be reached on foot by a causeway when the tide is low. The lighthouse, originally gas-powered, was converted to solar power in 2002.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.