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Sanda Island Lighthouse

... that Sanda Island Lighthouse (pictured) was built in three "steps" against a cliff face, which remains unique in Scotland?

Source: "As wrecks continued, however, they later decided to build on the summit of the Ship Rock, a detached lump of Sanda, and the engineering designed a stone tower in three 'steps' against the face of the rock, still the only one of its kind in Scotland." Munro, Robert William (1979). Scottish Lighthouses. p. 124. ISBN 9780906191323.

- ALT1: ... that after a cattle-carrying vessel was wrecked near Sanda Island Lighthouse (pictured), only three cows survived by swimming ashore? Source: "Lost 29 Oct 1970, 12 noon. Boiler Reef, 1/4 mile from Sanda Lighthouse." Historic Environment Scotland (17 July 2002). "Hereford Express: Sanda, Sound Of Sanda, Firth Of Clyde (NRHE ID 115253)". Retrieved 29 September 2026.
  "This means that all but three of the 262 animals on the Dutch vessel have died. The three survivors swam ashore." "259 cattle die in stricken vessel". The Guardian. 31 October 1970. p. 22. ProQuest 185538838.
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