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

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

See also

References

  1. ^ Helliar Holm Light Lighthouses Explorer. Retrieved 27 May 2016
  2. ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Scotland: Orkney". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Lighthouse Explorer database". Archived from the original on 13 February 2006. Retrieved 14 August 2007.
  4. ^ Haswell-Smith, Hamish. (2004) The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh. Canongate.
  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


59°01′23″N 02°54′05″W / 59.02306°N 2.90139°W / 59.02306; -2.90139


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helliar_Holm
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