Tour Scotland Photograph Cantick Head Lighthouse Orkney Islands


Tour Scotland photograph of Cantick Head Lighthouse, Orkney Islands, Scotland. Cantick Head Lighthouse is situated at the tip of the Walls peninsula attached to the island of Hoy overlooking Cantick Sound and the southern entrance to Scapa Flow in the Pentland Firth. The light was first exhibited on the night of 15 July 1858. A fog horn was established in October 1913 and discontinued in 1987. The light was automated in 1991.



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