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Orkney
Scotland
Coordinates
59°08′13″N 3°20′21″W / 59.136872°N 3.339084°W / 59.136872; -3.339084
David Alan Stevenson
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Characteristic
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lighthouse
David A Stevenson
Brough of Birsay
tidal island
Mainland
Orkney
Birsay
Scotland portal
icon
Engineering portal
List of lighthouses in Scotland
List of Northern Lighthouse Board lighthouses
"Lighthouses of Scotland: Orkney"
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
"Brough of Birsay Lighthouse"
Northern Lighthouse Board
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