Helliar Holm
| The West Coast of Helliar Holm low tide on a rainy day and the wave-cut platform is exposed. The West Coast of Helliar Holm low tide on a rainy day and the wave-cut platform is exposed. |
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 Helliar Holm
Helliar Holm shown within Orkney
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| OS grid reference | HY484153 |
| Physical geography | |
| Island group | Orkney |
| Political geography | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Country | Scotland |
| Council area | Orkney Islands |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
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| File:The Pier and Light house (geograph 3112689).jpg
Saeva Ness lighthouse at the southern end of Helliar Holm
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| Location | Helliar Holm Orkney Scotland United Kingdom |
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| Year first constructed | 1893 |
| Automated | 1967 |
| Construction | stone tower |
| Tower shape | cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern |
| Markings / pattern | white tower, black lantern, ochre trim |
| Height | 13 metres (43 ft) |
| Focal height | 18 metres (59 ft) |
| Light source | solar power |
| Range | white: 14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi) red: 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) [1] |
| Characteristic | Fl WRG 10s. |
| Admiralty number | 3684 |
| NGA number | 3236 |
| ARLHS number | SCO-094 |
| Managing agent | Northern Lighthouse Board[2] |
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.[3] 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.
The island also has the ruins of a broch, cairn and chapel.[4]
In the Orkneyinga Saga it is referred to as both "Hellisey" and "Eller Holm" [5] and John of Fordun refers to it as "Helene-holm"
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Saeva Ness Lighthouse.jpg
Saeva Ness lighthouse on the tip of Helliar Holm
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Helliarholm.jpg
Cliffs and chambered cairn on Helliar Holm.
See also
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References
- ↑ Helliar Holm Light Lighthhouses Explorer. Retrieved 27 May 2016
- ↑ Helliar Holm The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 27 May 2016
- ↑ Lighthouse Explorer database
- ↑ Haswell-Smith, Hamish. (2004) The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh. Canongate.
- ↑ Anderson, Joseph (Ed.) (1893) Orkneyinga Saga. Translated by Jón A. Hjaltalin & Gilbert Goudie. Edinburgh. James Thin and Mercat Press (1990 reprint). ISBN 0-901824-25-9
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