What is recorded here
This green commemorative plaque records: Brough of Birsay Lighthouse A3700 This Aid to Navigation is provided for the safety of all mariners. Interference with this light and building will put lives at risk. To report any defects please contact 08000 32 66 55 navigation@nlb.org.uk www.nlb.org.uk Recorded plaque organisation: Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses.
Brough of Birsay Lighthouse has been a critical aid to navigation since its construction, ensuring maritime safety by guiding ships through hazardous coastal waters and thus preventing numerous potential disasters.
A plaque record does not grant entry to a building or private land. View it from a public place unless permission is clearly given.
Places near here
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Brough of Birsay, LighthouseLighthouse (20th Century) · 23 yd
Cliffs and sea at brough of Birsay lighthouseHeritage place · 34 yd
Cliff face at Brough of BirsayCliff or headland · 74 yd
Shags and their young in cliff cave at Brough of BirsayCave · 311 yd
Brough of BirsayLinear Feature(s) (period Unassigned), Pit(s) (period Unassigned), Settlement (period Unassigned) · 327 yd
Viking Church Remains, Brough of BirsayChurch, cross or graveyard · 535 yd
Point of BuckquoyNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 862 yd
Brough of Birsay LighthouseVisitor information · 871 yd
Earl's PalaceCastle · 1677 yd
North east tower of Earl's PalaceCastle, fort or tower · 1709 yd
Birsay VillageNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 1729 ydOther information
Photo: Becky Williamson on Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0