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Radio Scotland,6 mins

Seashaken Houses: Britain’s Lighthouses

Good Morning Scotland

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The centuries-old story of the great sentinels of the sea the Uk's offshore lighthouses still intrigues to this day, wrapped as they are by myths and legends. Many of these towers still stand today, raised, incredibly, at great human and financial cost on underwater reefs in storm tossed seas miles offshore. The author Tom Nancollis’s new book Seakshaken Houses investigates the stories behind these structures, the people who built them, and the men who lived their lives in them.

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