Skokholm Island

Whilst no trees grow on the island in modern times, Skokholm is possibly Norse for "wooded island", a combination of skógr (wood, modern Norwegian: skog) and holmr (small island, middle English holm and modern Scandinavian holme), named by the Vikings. A published map from 1578 called Penbrok comitat by Christopher Saxton names the island as Sealine insul, and Angliae regni florentissimi nova descriptio, written by Matthias Quad and published in 1600, mentions the name of the island as Selome. Saxton also noted the small rocky island north of the main island as being 'Yardlan stone' (perhaps a corruption of the Welsh words Yr Llan ("the church") or perhaps Yr Llanw ("the tide"). The island…

]] The first Skokholm Lighthouse was built in 1776, and then rebuilt at its present site in 1861. The lighthouse forms a triangle of protection into Milford Haven along with the lighthouses at South Bishop and the Smalls. Automated in 1983, it is now monitored and controlled from the Trinity House Operations Control Centre at Harwich in Essex. The farm cottage restored by Lockley is a grade II listed building, and the surrounding farm buildings have been converted to accommodation units.