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Located at the north east tip of the island. It is on a rocky promontory with the light being 47 feet above ground level and 262 feet above the spring tides.
A view eastwards towards the North Lighthouse
The station was heavily damaged by two German air raids in the spring of 1941, with the dwelling houses being machine gunned, and two bombs dropped and landing about 60 yards south east of the tower, damage was confined to broken glass only. A second attack saw more machine gun fire and two HB bombs dropped, this time landing on buildings 30 feet from the back wall of the dwelling houses. These out houses, and 24 feet of boundary wall were completely demolished. Roderick Macaulay, Assistant Lightkeeper,
walked 3 miles from his North Lighthouse, where he and his daughter had a narrow
escape in the former raid, through snowdrifts and gale-force winds to lend a
hand in restoring the
Fair Isle South
Lighthouse
Eventually due to a number of considerations including condition of buildings, social amenities, neighbouring aids etc, the keepers were withdrawn from this station and an automatic light and fog signal was established. The operation of the light and fog signal is monitored today from the Scottish mainland via the public telephone system.
Fair Isle North Lighthouse at Midsummer Midnight
Fair Isle
Fair isle is an isolated island 30 miles south
of the Shetland mainland. It is accessible by air from Lerwick, twice a week
in the summer and once in winter, or by Ferry from Sumburgh Head, near the
Sumburgh
Head Lighthouse,
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