Bound Skerry
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Bound Skerry is part of the Out Skerries group in the Shetland Islands
. As well as being the most easterly island of that group, it is also the easternmost point
of Scotland
.
It has a lighthouse
on it, which was built in 1857 at the cost of £21,000. Robert Louis Stevenson
's family were lighthouse builders, and his signature can be seen in its guestbook. The keepers lived on nearby Grunay
.
The island was bombed twice in WWII by the Germans, who thought it was a munitions factory.
Shetland Islands
Shetland is a subarctic archipelago of Scotland that lies north and east of mainland Great Britain. The islands lie some to the northeast of Orkney and southeast of the Faroe Islands and form part of the division between the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the North Sea to the east. The total...
. As well as being the most easterly island of that group, it is also the easternmost point
Extreme points of the United Kingdom
This is a list of the extreme points of the United Kingdom: the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location. Traditionally the extent of the island of Great Britain has stretched "from Land's End to John o' Groats" .This article does not include references to the...
of Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
.
It has a lighthouse
Lighthouse
A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire, and used as an aid to navigation for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways....
on it, which was built in 1857 at the cost of £21,000. Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer. His best-known books include Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde....
's family were lighthouse builders, and his signature can be seen in its guestbook. The keepers lived on nearby Grunay
Grunay
Grunay is an uninhabited island in the Out Skerries group, the most easterly part of Shetland, Scotland.The island is the site of the lighthouse keeper's house for the lighthouse on the nearby Bound Skerry. This house was abandoned following the automation of the light in 1972.A Blenheim IV bomber...
.
The island was bombed twice in WWII by the Germans, who thought it was a munitions factory.