Helliar Holm

Helliar Holm

Helliar Holm is an uninhabited island off the coast of Shapinsay in the Orkney Islands, Scotland. It is home to a 42 foot tall lighthouse, which was built in 1893 and automated in 1967 [ [http://www.lighthousedepot.com/database/uniquelighthouse.cfm?value=1901 Lighthouse Explorer database] ] . It is a tidal island connected to Shapinsay, and lies between it and the mainland.

The island also has the ruins of a broch, cairn and chapel. Haswell-Smith, Hamish. (2004) "The Scottish Islands". Edinburgh. Canongate.]

In the "Orkneyinga Saga" it is referred to as both "Hellisey" and "Eller Holm" [Anderson, Joseph (Ed.) (1893) "Orkneyinga Saga". Translated by Jón A. Hjaltalin & Gilbert Goudie. Edinburgh. James Thin and Mercat Press (1990 reprint). ISBN 0-901824-25-9] and John of Fordun refers to it as "Helene-holm"

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