Helliar_Holm

Helliar Holm

Helliar Holm

Uninhabited tidal island off the coast of Shapinsay in the Orkney Islands, Scotland

Helliar Holm is an uninhabited island off the coast of Shapinsay in the Orkney Islands, Scotland. It is home to a 42-foot-tall (13 m) lighthouse, which was built in 1893 and automated in 1967.[3] It is a tidal island that used to be connected to Shapinsay. It is still possible to walk across from the mainland during very low tides.

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The island also has the ruins of a broch, cairn and chapel.[4]

In the Orkneyinga Saga it is referred to as both "Hellisey" and "Eller Holm" [5] and John of Fordun refers to it as "Helene-holm"

  • Saeva Ness lighthouse on the tip of Helliar Holm
  • Cliffs and chambered cairn on Helliar Holm.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Scotland: Orkney". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  2. [2]
    Helliar Holm Light Lighthouses Explorer. Retrieved 27 May 2016
  3. [3]
    "Lighthouse Explorer database". Archived from the original on 13 February 2006. Retrieved 14 August 2007.
  4. [4]
    Haswell-Smith, Hamish. (2004) The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh. Canongate.
  5. [5]
    Anderson, Joseph (Ed.) (1893) Orkneyinga Saga. Translated by Jón A. Hjaltalin & Gilbert Goudie. Edinburgh. James Thin and Mercat Press (1990 reprint). ISBN 0-901824-25-9


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