Lighthouses
There are several lights operated by the Northern Lighthouse Board guiding shipping in the sound. To the north Bagi Stack on Yell to the east, and Gruney and Point of Fethaland to the west are the outer lights. To the south, the outermost light is at Lunna Holm. Within the sound from north to south the lights are Muckle Holm, Little Holm, Lamba South, Outer Skerry, Brother Isle, Ness of Sound, Rumble Rock (since 2001) and Firths Voe on the Mainland.
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“The whole fauna of human fantasies, their marine vegetation, drifts and luxuriates in the dimly lit zones of human activity, as though plaiting thick tresses of darkness. Here, too, appear the lighthouses of the mind, with their outward resemblance to less pure symbols. The gateway to mystery swings open at the touch of human weakness and we have entered the realms of darkness. One false step, one slurred syllable together reveal a man’s thoughts.”
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