An Account of the Bell Rock Light-House / Including the Details of the Erection and Peculiar Structure of That Edifice; to Which Is Prefixed a Historical View of the Institution and Progress of the Northern Light-Houses

by Robert Stevenson

Engraved by J. Horsburgh.

Pharos loquitur
Far in the bosom of the deep
O’er these wild shelves my watch I keep
A ruddy gem of changeful light
Bound on the dusky brow of Night
The Seaman bids my lustre hail
And scorns to strike his timorous sail

See page [530].

BELL ROCK LIGHT-HOUSE.

ACCOUNT
OF THE
BELL ROCK LIGHT-HOUSE.

CHAPTER I.

NAME OF THE ROCK,—SITUATION AND DIMENSIONS,—NATURAL HISTORY,—DEPTH OF WATER, AND CURRENT OF TIDES.