Tour Scotland Travel Video Cape Wrath Lighthouse Sutherland

Tour Scotland travel video Blog of Cape Wrath Lighthouse on ancestry visit to Sutherland, Scotland. The lighthouse was built in 1828 by Robert Stevenson. Due to its height the light was often obscured by low cloud or fog and in the early 20th century plans were drawn up to build an additional low light. This involved the construction of tunnels into the headland, bridges and building on the very tip of the rocks below the headland. Plans were drawn up by David Alan Stevenson, Robert's grandson and work began in 1913 but was suspended at the start of World War I and never restarted.

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