Eilean Glas
Eilean Glas, on the Isle of Scalpay, was first lit in 1789 and is the oldest lighthouse in the Outer Hebrides. The one you can see below was built in 1824 and automated in 1978.











© Mark Simms Photography (2023)
Eilean Glas, on the Isle of Scalpay, was first lit in 1789 and is the oldest lighthouse in the Outer Hebrides. The one you can see below was built in 1824 and automated in 1978.
© Mark Simms Photography (2023)
© Mark Simms Photography (2021)
© Mark Simms Photography (2021)
© Mark Simms Photography (2021)
© Mark Simms Photography (2021)
There is a great 6km walk around the Butt of Lewis, the most northerly point in the Outer Hebrides and one of the windiest places in the UK. As well as the dramatic coastal path that often hugs the top of the steep cliffs, the walk also takes in the 37m high red-brick lighthouse built by the famous Stevenson family in 1862:
© Mark Simms Photography (2017)
© Mark Simms Photography (2017)
© Mark Simms Photography (2017)
A dark atmospheric rendering of a familiar subject for me….Perch Rock Lighthouse at New Brighton:
© Mark Simms Photography (2017)
The small lighthouse on the tidal island of Llanddwyn, Anglesey, marks the western entrance to the Menai Strait:
© Mark Simms Photography (2016)