Lynmouth Foreland Lighthouse
 Lynmouth Foreland Lighthouse in 2007 | |
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| Location | Lynmouth Devon England |
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| OS grid | SS7538951096 |
| Coordinates | 51°14′43″N 3°47′12″W / 51.245389°N 3.786681°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1900 |
| Construction | brick tower |
| Automated | 1994 |
| Height | 15 m (49 ft) |
| Shape | cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern attacged to 1-storey keeper's house |
| Markings | white tower and lantern |
| Operator | National Trust[1] |
| Heritage | Grade II listed building  |
| Light | |
| Focal height | 67 m (220 ft) |
| Intensity | 150,000 candela |
| Range | 18 nmi (33 km; 21 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl (4) W 15s. |
Lynmouth Foreland Lighthouse (also called the Countisbury Foreland Lighthouse, after the nearby village) is located on Foreland Point. It was completed in 1900 to assist vessels passing through the Bristol Channel, and is a round brick tower painted white. The light is 67 metres (220 ft) above the high tide, and flashes 4 times every 15 seconds. Electricity was brought to the lighthouse in 1975, and it was automated in November 1994.[2] The lighthouse keeper's cottage is now a National Trust holiday cottage. Porpoise and sea birds can be spied from its windows, and deer often shelter in the combe down to the lighthouse.
See also
References
- ^ Lynmouth Foreland (Foreland Point) The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved May 2nd, 2016
- ^ "Lynmouth Foreland Lighthouse". Trinity House.
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