Auskerry Lighthouse - Orkney

Auskerry Lighthouse (Old Norse: Austrsker, east skerry) is a small island in eastern Orkney and lies in the North Sea south of Stronsay and has a lighthouse, completed in 1866.The lighthouse lights the north entrance to the Stronsay Firth. It was built in 1866 by engineers David and Thomas Stevenson.  It is attached to two flats; the lower one is used all year as a store and the top one is used mainly in summer. The Hastings County, a 116-metre Norwegian cargo ship, ran ashore on north west of Auskerry in 1926 during thick fog. The vessel broke in half and wreckage is spread over a wide area, with the engine on the beach.