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{{Short description|Shetlands island that is the easternmost point of Scotland}}
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[[Image:Grunay.jpg|thumb|left|An aerial view of [[Grunay]] with Bound Skerry in background]]

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|area= 0.05&nbsp;km
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|island group=[[Out Skerries]] [[Shetland]] 
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'''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  [[Extreme points of the United Kingdom|easternmost point]] of [[Scotland]].

It has a [[lighthouse]] on it, which was built in 1857 at a cost of £21,000.<ref>{{Cite rowlett|sht|accessdate=2016-05-29}}</ref><ref>[http://www.nlb.org.uk/LighthouseLibrary/Lighthouse/Out-Skerries-Lighthouse/ 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"/>

==See also==
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* [[List of lighthouses in Scotland]]
* [[List of Northern Lighthouse Board lighthouses]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.nlb.org.uk/LighthouseLibrary/Main/ Northern Lighthouse Board] 
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[[Category:Uninhabited islands of Shetland]]
[[Category:Skerries of Scotland]]


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