Bound Skerry is part of the
Out Skerries
The Out Skerries are an archipelago of islets, some inhabited, in Shetland, Scotland, and are the easternmost part of Shetland. Locally, they are usually called Da Skerries or just Skerries.
Geography
The Out Skerries lie about northeast of ...
group in the
Shetland Islands
Shetland, also called the Shetland Islands and formerly Zetland, is a subarctic archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands and Norway. It is the northernmost region of the United Kingdom.
The islands lie about to the no ...
. As well as being the most easterly island of that group, it is also the
easternmost point of
Scotland.
It has a
lighthouse
A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid, for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways.
Lighthouses mar ...
on it, which was built in 1857 at a cost of £21,000.
Out Skerries
Northern Lighthouse Board. Retrieved 29 May 2016 Robert Louis Stevenson's family were lighthouse builders, and his signature can be seen in its guestbook.Grunay
Grunay is an uninhabited island in the Out Skerries group, the most easterly part of Shetland, Scotland. Its area is 55.58 acres, or 22.49 hectares.
The island is the site of the lighthouse keeper's house for the lighthouse on the nearby Boun ...
.
The island was bombed twice in World War II by the German Luftwaffe, because it was suspected to harbour a munitions factory.
See also
* List of lighthouses in Scotland
* List of Northern Lighthouse Board lighthouses
References
External links
Northern Lighthouse Board
Uninhabited islands of Shetland
Skerries of Scotland
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