Hoy Sound, Low Lighthouse

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Recorded parish

Hoy and Graemsay

What is recorded here

Hoy Sound, Low Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Orkney Islands, Scotland.

From the Historic Environment Scotland record 74422

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Photo credits

• Mike Pennington, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Bob Jones, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• John Winterbottom, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Claire Pegrum, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• nick macneill, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• N Chadwick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Ian Paterson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Bill Boaden, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Maker not stated on source page, www.alamy.com
• Rude Health, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

Hoy LowLighthouse · 4 ydHoy Sound, Low Lighthouse, Keepers' HousesGate Pier(s) (19th Century), Lighthouse Keepers House(s) (19th Century) · 21 ydPoint of OxanCairn (prehistoric) (possible), Chapel (medieval) (possible) · 233 ydAlbion: Point of Oxan, Graemsay, Hoy Sound, OrkneyShip (19th Century) · 275 ydGraemsay, Fulzie GeoKelp Pit (post Medieval), Kelp Working Site (post Medieval) · 351 ydGraemsay, Point of OxanNaust(s) (post Medieval), Track · 363 ydStromness Golf CourseLong Cist(s) (early Medieval) · 1268 ydSkerry of Ness, Pilot BeaconBeacon · 1344 ydNess BatteryCoastal Battery (second World War), Coastal Battery(s) (first World War) · 1446 ydGraemsay, QuoysBoathouse (post Medieval), Building(s) (post Medieval), Corn Drying Kiln (post Medieval), Wall(s) (post Medieval) · 1484 ydHarriet Wild: Stromness Harbour Entrance, Orkney, AtlanticCraft (19th Century) · 1514 ydWest HillMountain / peak · 1516 yd

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