Sumburgh Head Lighthouse

Sumburgh Head Lighthouse
	Sumburgh Head lighthouse seen from the horn
Location	Sumburgh Head; Shetland; Scotland; United Kingdom
OS grid	HU4072307872
Coordinates	59°51′14″N 1°16′29″W / 59.8539°N 1.2747°W
Tower
Constructed	1821
Built by	Robert Stevenson
Construction	masonry rower
Automated	1991
Height	17 metres (56 ft)
Shape	cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markings	white tower, black lantern, ochre trim
Operator	Sumburgh Head Lighthouse
Heritage	category A listed building
Light
Focal height	91 metres (299 ft)
Range	23 nautical miles (43 km; 26 mi)
Characteristic	Fl (3) W 30s.

Sumburgh Head Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Sumburgh Head at the southern tip of the Mainland of Shetland.

History

The lighthouse was built by Robert Stevenson in 1821. The light was automated in 1991 and the keepers' houses were converted into holiday accommodation. The lighthouse complex also has offices for the RSPB who look after the bird reserve which surrounds the lighthouse.

The Northern Lighthouse Board operate the light, whilst the Shetland Amenity Trust own the site and plan to restore the lighthouse facilities and build a visitor centre.^[3] The lighthouse is protected as a category A listed building.^[4]

References

^ Sumburgh Head The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 29 May 2016
^ Sumburgh Head Northern Lighthouse Board. Retrieved 29 May 2016
^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Scotland: Shetland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
^ "Sumburgh Lighthouse: Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 25 August 2011.

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[1] Sumburgh Head The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 29 May 2016

[2] Sumburgh Head Northern Lighthouse Board. Retrieved 29 May 2016

[3] Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Scotland: Shetland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

[4] "Sumburgh Lighthouse: Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 25 August 2011.

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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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