title: Helliar Holm
text: # Helliar Holm
  
  Helliar Holm is an uninhabited island off the coast of Shapinsay in the Orkney Islands, Scotland. It is home to a 42-foot-tall (13 m) lighthouse, which was built in 1893 and automated in 1967. It is a tidal island that used to be connected to Shapinsay. It is still possible to walk across from the mainland during very low tides.
  
  The island also has the ruins of a broch, cairn and chapel.
  
  In the Orkneyinga Saga it is referred to as both "Hellisey" and "Eller Holm" and John of Fordun refers to it as "Helene-holm"
  
  ## Gallery
  
  * Saeva Ness lighthouse on the tip of Helliar Holm
  * Cliffs and chambered cairn on Helliar Holm.
  