Hidden message in a bottle found in lighthouse wall after 132 years

[Still Waters]

Engineers have found a bottle with a 132-year-old message deep inside the walls of a lighthouse in the south of Scotland.

The bottle was found inside the Corsewall Lighthouse at the most northerly point of the Rhins of Galloway.

The "once in a lifetime" find is understood to be the first message in a bottle ever discovered in a lighthouse in Scotland.

Written using quill and ink, the letter dated 4 September 1892 reveals the names of three engineers who installed a new type of light in the 100ft (30m) tower.

It also has the names of the lighthouse's three keepers.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cje0x5j7wgjo

[Still Waters]

Uncovering the men who hid a note in a Scottish lighthouse 132 years ago

Now experts from genealogy firm Findmypast have pored over censuses and newspaper archives to uncover the story of the workers who left the intriguing time capsule.

Queen Victoria was on the throne and Gladstone was leading a Liberal government but the genealogists' research reveals details of the ordinary working men who travelled from Edinburgh to leave their mark on the remote lighthouse.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8rl6456pr2o