Hyskeir

Hyskeir (Scottish Gaelic: Òigh-sgeir) or Heyskeir is a low-lying rocky islet (a skerry) in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland.

The 39-metre-high (128 ft) building marks the southern end of the Minch, warning of the presence of the Mills Rocks, the island of Canna and Hyskeir itself.

It was designed by David and Charles Stevenson and constructed by Oban contractor Messrs D & J MacDougall.

The white tower was manned until March 1997, becoming one of the last lighthouses in Scotland to be automated.

Gavin Maxwell, who fished for basking sharks nearby in 1947, recorded a mass sighting of these sharks;[5] “It was a gigantic shoal ... At one moment we counted 54 dorsal fins in sight at the same time.” The island has nesting sites for Arctic and common tern, kittiwakes and eider ducks and also has a large seal colony.