"From the great difficulty of access to the inhospitable rock of Skerryvore... the erection of a Light Tower on its small and rugged surface has always been regarded as an undertaking of the most formidable kind" — Unknown
"Sodiscouraging was the consideration of expense, and the uncertainty of the final success of such a work… to delay the construction of the Skerryvore Lighthouse till the present time" — Unknown
"The first landing that my Father... effected on Skerryvore, was in the year 1804. In 1814, he visited it a second time" — Unknown
"The swell, which ,in a greater or less degree, almost constantly prevails, is apt to impel, or seemingly draw the boat as by a kind of suction, upon the rock" — Unknown
"The workmen were, in that respect, often sorely tried, and many inconvenient accidents occurred from falls. It was after one of these trials of patience... climbing up the side of a bottle" — Unknown

Skerryvore's construction challenges

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