Muckle Skerry

Muckle Skerry is the largest of the Pentland Skerries that lie off the north coast of Scotland. It is home to the Pentland Skerries Lighthouse.

Aerial photograph of Muckle Skerry
Pentland Skerries High Lighthouse
Muckle Skerry
Pentland Skerries High and Low Lighthouses
Orkney
LocationMuckle Skerry
Pentland Skerries
Orkney
Scotland
United Kingdom
Coordinates58.690221°N 2.924735°W / 58.690221; -2.924735
Year first constructed1794
Year first lit1820s rebuilt
Automated1994
Constructionstone tower
Tower shapecylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markings / patternwhite tower, black lantern, ochre trim
Tower height36 metres (118 ft)
Focal height52 metres (171 ft)
Light sourcesolar power
Range23 nautical miles (43 km; 26 mi)
CharacteristicFl (3) W 30s.
Admiralty numberA3562
NGA number3020
ARLHS numberSCO-169
Managing agentNorthern Lighthouse Board[1][2]

Muckle Skerry lies in the Pentland Firth at grid reference ND464782. It is the westernmost of the skerries. At one kilometre (three-fifths of a mile) long and rising to a height of 20 metres (66 feet) above sea level is sizable enough to be considered an island. However the notoriously bad weather of the firth has historically rendered Muckle Skerry uninhabitable and as such it is more often thought of as a skerry.

Pentland Skerries Lighthouse

Pentland Skerries Lighthouse was constructed in 1794 by the Commissioners of the Northern Lights. The engineers were Thomas Smith and his stepson Robert Stevenson (this was the first light that Stevenson officially worked on).

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See also

References
  1. Pentland Skerries High The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 26 May 2016
  2. Pentland Skerries Northern Lighthouse Board. Retrieved 26 May 2016



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