Butt of Lewis Lighthouse
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Butt of Lewis Lighthouse
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Butt of Lewis Lighthouse, designed by David Stevenson, was built at Butt of Lewis to aid shipping in the 1860s. Unusual for a lighthouse in Scotland, it is constructed of red brick, and is unpainted. The station was automated in 1998, one of the last to be converted. A modern differential GPS base station has now been sited on a nearby hill to further aid navigation. This hill was also the site for a Lloyd's Signal Station from the 1890s. The road to the lighthouse passes a sheltered cove called
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Lighthouse
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butt_of_Lewis_Lighthouse
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2023-07-11T01:35:02Z
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