Flannan Isles Lighthouse

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Flannan Isles Lighthouse is a remote Scottish lighthouse in the Outer Hebrides, best known for the mysterious 1900 disappearance of its three keepers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf building
lighthouse
access only by boat or helicopter
archipelago Flannan Isles NERFINISHED
automated true
automationDate 1971
builder Northern Lighthouse Board NERFINISHED
constructionEndDate 1899
constructionStartDate 1895
coordinates approximately 58.3°N 7.6°W
country Scotland
designedBy Charles Alexander Stevenson NERFINISHED
David Alan Stevenson NERFINISHED
distanceFromIsleOfLewis about 20 miles
event disappearance of keepers in December 1900
firstLit 1899
fogSignal present historically
function aid to navigation
hasFeature attached keeper’s houses
cylindrical tower
hasHeritageStatus Category A listed building
height 23 metres
75 feet
inception 1899
keeperDisappearanceDate December 1900
keeperDisappearanceNumberOfMen 3
keeperDisappearanceStatus unsolved
lanternColor white
lightCharacteristic flashing white
lightRange about 20 nautical miles
locatedIn Outer Hebrides
locatedInWaterBody North Atlantic NERFINISHED
locatedOn Eilean Mòr NERFINISHED
locatedWestOf Isle of Lewis NERFINISHED
managedBy Northern Lighthouse Board NERFINISHED
material stone
namedAfter Flannan Isles NERFINISHED
notableFor mysterious disappearance of three lighthouse keepers in 1900
operator Northern Lighthouse Board NERFINISHED
paintColor unpainted stone tower
powerSource later converted to electricity
originally paraffin
region Na h-Eileanan Siar NERFINISHED
roofColor black
sea North Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED
subjectOf poem "Flannan Isle" by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson NERFINISHED
radio dramas and documentaries
various books on maritime mysteries

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David Alan Stevenson designed Flannan Isles Lighthouse