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Sule Skerry

Sule Skerry is an outlying islet that lies 37 miles (60 km) west of the Orkney mainland and is the most remote of the Scottish lighthouses. An automated lighthouse, originally built by Charles and David Stevenson, is located on the islet which has an area of 35 acres (14.2 Ha) and rises to a height of 13.7m (45 feet) above high water mark.


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