Amlwch Lighthouse

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Amlwch Lighthouse
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Amlwch Old Harbour light
Amlwch Lighthouse
Location Amlwch, Amlwch Community, United Kingdom OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Coordinates 53°24′55″N4°19′59″W / 53.415323°N 4.332973°W / 53.415323; -4.332973 Coordinates: 53°24′55″N4°19′59″W / 53.415323°N 4.332973°W / 53.415323; -4.332973
Tower
Constructed1793 (first)
Constructionashlar masonry
Height11 metres (36 ft)
Shapesquare tower
Markingsunpainted tower
OperatorIsle of Anglesey Council [1] [2]
Heritage Grade II listed building   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Light
First lit1817 (current)
Deactivated1972 [3]
Range6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi)

The Amlwch Lighthouse (Grid reference: SH 452937) is a lighthouse tower situated on the outer pier of Amlwch, at the northeast tip of Anglesey, Wales. The existing lighthouse, a square tower erected in 1853, is the fourth on this site. It has original fine, but battered, ashlar masonry to a height of 4.6 metres (15 ft); the present lantern was added on top at a later date.

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History

Two short piers at Amlwch were built following a private Act of Parliament of 1743, when the harbour was improved. Two octagonal houses, with small lanterns protruding from the roof, were added. They were described in the New Seaman's Guide as "small white houses displaying lights at night".

In 1816 an outer pier, about 46 metres (151 ft) long, was built to give shipping extra protection inside the harbour. In 1817, a small lighthouse with a light 8.5 metres (28 ft) above high-water mark was built, subsequently replaced with the present lighthouse.

The drydock and lighthouse on the small creek at Amlwch once served the shipping of one of the largest copper mines in Europe, located at Parys Mountain. The significance of the early copper-exporting port at Amlwch makes the lighthouse part of a heritage site of international importance.

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References

  1. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Wales". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  2. Amlwch Old Harbour Light Archived 4 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine Lightouse Explorer. Retrieved 1 June 2016
  3. Amlwch Lighthouse Archived 25 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine cityseeker. Retrieved 1 June 2016

Further reading

Hague, D. B., Lighthouses of Wales: Their Architecture and Archaeology (Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, edited by Hughes, S., 1994) ISBN   1-871184-08-8