Bound Skerry

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An aerial view of Grunay with Bound Skerry in background

Template:Infobox Scottish island Bound Skerry is part of the Out Skerries group in the Shetland Islands. As well as being the most easterly island of that group, it is also the easternmost point of Scotland.

It has a lighthouse on it, which was built in 1857 at a cost of £21,000.<ref>Template:Cite rowlett</ref><ref>Out Skerries Northern Lighthouse Board. Retrieved 29 May 2016</ref> Robert Louis Stevenson's family were lighthouse builders, and his signature can be seen in its guestbook.<ref name="Smith"/> The keepers lived on nearby Grunay.

The island was bombed twice in World War II by the German Luftwaffe, because it was suspected to harbour a munitions factory.<ref name="Smith"/>

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