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.
Statements (48)
| 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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