Smalls Lighthouse

Smalls Lighthouse
Smalls Lighthouse in 2009
Map
LocationThe Smalls
off Marloes Peninsula
Pembrokeshire
Wales
Coordinates51°43′16″N 5°40′11″W / 51.721239°N 5.669831°W / 51.721239; -5.669831
Tower
Constructed1776 (1776) (first)
Constructionstone tower
Automated1987 (1987)
Height41 metres (135 ft)
Shapetapered cylindrical tower with balcony, lantern and helipad on the top
Markingsunpainted tower
Power sourcesolar power Edit this on Wikidata
OperatorTrinity House[1] [2]
HeritageGrade II listed building, National Monuments of Wales Edit this on Wikidata
Light
First lit1861 (1861) (current)
Focal height36 metres (118 ft)
Lens1st Order catadioptric
Intensity39,800 candela
Range18 nautical miles (33 km; 21 mi)
CharacteristicFl (3) W 15s. (24h)

Smalls Lighthouse is a lighthouse that stands on the largest of a group of wave-washed basalt and dolerite rocks[3][4] known as The Smalls approximately 20 miles (32 km) west of Marloes Peninsula in Pembrokeshire, Wales, and 8 miles (13 km) west of Grassholm. It was erected in 1861 by engineer James Douglass to replace a previous lighthouse which had been erected in 1776[5] on the same rock. It is the most remote lighthouse operated by Trinity House.[6]

  1. ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Wales". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  2. ^ Smalls Lighthouse Trinity House. Retrieved 2 June 2016
  3. ^ British Geological Survey 1978 1:50,000 scale geological map sheet (England & Wales)226/227 Milford, (Keyworth, Notts)
  4. ^ Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 scale Explorer map sheet OL36 South Pembrokeshire
  5. ^ Lighthouse management : the report of the Royal Commissioners on Lights, Buoys, and Beacons, 1861, examined and refuted Vol. 2. 1861. p. 101.
  6. ^ Nicholson, Christopher (1995). Rock lighthouses of Britain The end of an era?. Whittles Publishing. p. 53. ISBN 1-870325-41-9.

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