Lighthouse-Keepers’ Houses at Hynish in Hynish, Scotland

Skerryvore Lighthouse is the tallest lighthouse in all of Scotland. Perched on the rugged southwest coast of Tiree, Hynish Signal Tower and the former Shore Station were built in support of the gigantic lighthouse which stands 11 miles out in the Atlantic. Built between the 1830s and 1840s, Hynish served as the operational headquarters where workers were housed and supplies were dispatched to the isolated reef before Skerryvore Lighthouse was first illuminated in 1844. Nearby are the remains of the former barracks where the men building Skerryvore Lighthouse lived for weeks at a time. During f

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