2017

ND3579 : Lighthouse on Stroma

taken 9 years ago, near to Nethertown, Island of Stroma, Scotland

Lighthouse on Stroma
Lighthouse on Stroma
The current lighthouse on stroma was built in 1896, replacing an earlier structure. The station was converted to automatic operation in 1997.
The Island of Stroma :: ND3577

The island of Stroma is the more southerly of the two islands in the Pentland Firth between the Orkney Islands and Caithness on the Scottish mainland. It lies about 2 miles (3 kilometres) northwest of John o' Groats on the mainland. The island divides the firth into two channels, the Inner Sound to the south and the Outer Sound to the north.

Mostly low-lying and flat, the island is oriented in a north-south direction, measuring about 2 mi (3 km) long by 1 mi (2 km) wide. It is now uninhabited; the last of the islanders having left in 1962. The island is now owned by one of its former inhabitants, who uses it to graze sheep.


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Geographical Context: Coastal Islands Camera: Panasonic DMC-G7 other tags: 19th Century Lighthouse Nineteenth Century Stroma Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
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ND3579, 21 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
David Dixon   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Wednesday, 24 May, 2017   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 15 June, 2017
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! ND 354 792 [100m precision]
WGS84: 58:41.7700N 3:6.9795W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! ND 357 798
View Direction
South-southwest (about 202 degrees)
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