St Ann's Head Lighthouse

St. Ann's Head Lighthouse is a lighthouse that overlooks the entrance to the Milford Haven waterway, one of Britain's deep water harbours, from St. Ann's Head near Dale in Pembrokeshire.

St. Ann's Head Lighthouse
Low
St. Ann's Head Lighthouse
LocationMilford Haven
Pembrokeshire
Wales
United Kingdom
Coordinates51.681218°N 5.173675°W / 51.681218; -5.173675
Tower
Constructed1714 (first)
Constructionmasonry tower
Automated1998
Height13 metres (43 ft)
Shapeoctagonal tower with balcony and lantern
Markingswhite tower and lantern
OperatorTrinity House[1] [2]
Light
First lit1844 (current)
Deactivated1910 Edit this on Wikidata
Focal height48 metres (157 ft)
Lens1st Order catadioptric
Intensity48,700 candela
Range18 nautical miles (33 km; 21 mi)
CharacteristicFl WR 5s.

The lighthouse is intended to guide ships around a number of rocky shoals that cause a hazard to shipping entering the Haven as well as Crow's rock. The current lighthouse was completed in 1844 (at which time it was known as "St. Ann's Low Light") and commissioned by John Knott, senior lighthouse keeper with Trinity House. The first lighthouse on this site was built in 1714.

The present operational tower is 13 metres (43 ft) in height and is painted white. Visible is Skokholm Lighthouse on the small island of Skokholm 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) to the west.

See also

References

  1. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Wales". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  2. St. Ann's Head Lighthouse Trinity House. Retrieved 2 June 2016



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