Start Point Lighthouse, Sanday

Orkney Islands · United Kingdom

Start Point Lighthouse, Sanday, United Kingdom
Photo: Beth Loft, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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A boldly black-and-white striped tower on a tidal islet off Sanday in Orkney, first lit in 1806. It was the first Scottish lighthouse to receive a revolving light and marks a low, wreck-strewn coast.

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