Former Muckle Roe Lighthouse

This small lighthouse presents a contrast to the bigger affair on Sumburgh Head in the background. It dates from 1897 when it was erected at Muckle Roe using paraffin for the lamp; in 1937 it switched to acetylene gas and later propane gas. It was removed in 2001, when a new light using solar panels took over, and has been re-erected here by the road to Sumburgh Head.

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