The Brough of Birsay is an uninhabited tidal island off the north-west coast of The Mainland of Orkney, Scotland, in the parish of Birsay. It is located around 13 miles north of Stromness and features the remains of Pictish and Norse settlements as well as a modern lighthouse.

Brough of Birsay Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Photo: Rob Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The unmanned Brough of Birsay Lighthouse lighthouse was built in 1925 by David A Stevenson. It is located on the Brough of Birsay, an uninhabited tidal island off the northwest coast of Mainland in Orkney, Scotland, in the parish of Birsay. Brough of Birsay Lighthouse is situated 1,700 feet west of Welcome to The Brough of Birsay.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Birsay and Twatt.

Birsay

Photo: Chmee2, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Birsay is a small village on the north coast of Orkney Mainland. It's the site of the ruined Earl's Palace, and just offshore is the Brough of Birsay with medieval Norse remains.

Twatt

Village

Photo: J M Briscoe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Twatt is a settlement in the parish of Birsay on the Mainland of Orkney, Scotland. It was previously the location of RNAS Twatt, from 1940–1949. Twatt is situated at the junction of the A986 and the A967. Twatt is situated 3 miles southeast of Welcome to The Brough of Birsay.

Dounby

Village

Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Dounby is a village on Mainland in Orkney, in the north of Scotland. Dounby village is situated at the crossroads of what are now the A986 and B9057, and has grown close to the meeting point of the three parishes of Sandwick, Birsay and Harray. Dounby is situated 6 miles southeast of Welcome to The Brough of Birsay.

Welcome to The Brough of Birsay

Type: Sign
Categories: information and tourism
Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

59.13634° or 59° 8′ 11″ north

Longitude

-3.32984° or 3° 19′ 47″ west

Open location code

9CFR4MPC+G3

OpenStreetMap ID

node 11065647537

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=information

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