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Shillay is the location of Monach Lighthouse, built by David and Thomas Stevenson in 1864. The lighthouse was closed in 1942 but, following the sinking of the oil tanker MV Braer in 1993, a new and much smaller lighthouse was built in 1997. This had a range of 10 nautical miles (19 kilometres); when a range of 18 nautical miles (33 kilometres ...
A stone from the lighthouse has been removed into the church wall at Paible; a keeper had carved into it "Eternity Oh Eternity". [2] Just to the south of Shillay, there is an Eilean Siorraidh ("Island of Eternity"; formerly Eilean Siorruidh) - whether this carving is a reference to this or the solitude of the island is unrecorded.
Satellite pictures of Outer Hebrides. The Outer Hebrides is a chain of more than 100 islands and small skerries located about 70 kilometres (43 mi) west of mainland Scotland. There are 15 inhabited islands in this archipelago, which is also known as the Western Isles and archaically as the Long Isle (Scottish Gaelic: An t-Eilean Fada). [Note 1]
Monach Isles: C "ane ile four myle and haff myle braid". Haskeir Eagach south west of Haskeir hardly fits this description, but the Monach Isles also known as Heisker (Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Heisgeir / Heisgeir fit the description. The second part looks like na gaillinn "of the storm" or na cailin of the lass". [Note 1] 157 Haysker
Ceann Ear had been settled for at least a thousand years, before being finally abandoned. Like the other Monach Islands, it was originally abandoned due to overgrazing, and resettled in the wake of the Highland Clearances. [4] In the 13th century, a chapel was established, which had links to Iona. This monastery was probably at Cladh na Beide ...
Vanilla Ice was onto something in 1990 when he rapped, “Ice, ice baby.” The USDA confirms that nearly every food—except eggs in shells and canned foods—can be frozen. Still, that doesn’t ...
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Castle Hill Lighthouse is located on Narragansett Bay in Newport, Rhode Island, at the end of the historic Ocean Drive. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It is an active navigation aid for vessels entering the East Passage , between Conanicut Island and Aquidneck Island .