Hyskeir Lighthouse

Hyskeir Lighthouse
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	Hyskeir Light, May 2005
Location	Hyskeir Isle
OS grid	NM15529626
Coordinates	56°58′09.7″N 6°40′49.6″W / 56.969361°N 6.680444°W
Tower
Constructed	1904
Designed by	David Alan Stevenson, Charles Alexander Stevenson
Construction	masonry tower
Automated	1997
Height	39 metres (128 ft)
Shape	cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern attached to 1-storey keeper's house
Markings	white tower, black lantern, ochre trim
Operator	Northern Lighthouse Board
Light
Focal height	41 metres (135 ft)
Lens	hyperradiant Fresnel lens
Intensity	788,000 candela
Range	24 nautical miles (44 km; 28 mi)
Characteristic	Fl (3) W 30s.

Hyskeir Lighthouse was established in 1904. The 39 metres (128 ft) metre high lighthouse marks the southern end of the Minch, warning of the presence of the Mills Rocks, Canna, and Hyskeir itself. It was designed by David and Charles Stevenson and constructed by Oban contractor Messrs D & J MacDougall.

The white tower was manned until March 1997, becoming one of the last lighthouses in Scotland to be automated. The keepers were briefly known for their one-hole golf course^[2] following their appearance on TV. Now controlled by the Northern Lighthouse Board in Edinburgh, it displays three white flashes every thirty seconds.^[3]

Hyskeir and its lighthouse feature extensively in Peter Hill's book Stargazing: Memoirs of a Young Lighthouse Keeper.

References

^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Scotland: Highlands". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
^ "Hyskeir". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 15 September 2009.
^ "Hyskeir Lighthouse". Northern Lighthouse Board. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2009.

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[1] Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Scotland: Highlands". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 19 May 2016.

[gaz-2] "Hyskeir". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 15 September 2009.

[3] "Hyskeir Lighthouse". Northern Lighthouse Board. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2009.

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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 Lighthouse 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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