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Muckle Flugga lighthouse punctuates the rocky stack of Muckle Flugga in Shetland Scotland. Originally called North Unst Lighthouse it was renamed in 1964.The brothers Thomas and David Stevenson designed and built the lighthouse in 1854 originally to protect ships during the Crimean War. First lit on 1 January 1858 it stands 64 feet (20 m) high has 103 steps to the top and is Britain’s most northerly lighthouse.

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