Tour Scotland travel video clip, with Scottish music, of the lighthouse at Sumburgh Head on ancestry, genealogy, history visit to mainland Shetland Islands. The head is a 100 metres high rocky spur capped by the Sumburgh Head Lighthouse. The Old Norse name was Dunrøstar høfdi, it means The Head onto the loud tide race, referring to the noise of Sumburgh Roost. Robert Stevenson was the engineer in charge of building the Sumburgh Head lighthouse. Work started on the building in 1819, and the light was first lit in 1821. As well as birds, Sumburgh Head has become a popular viewing point for whales and dolphins.
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