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 | |
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| Location | Milford Haven Pembrokeshire Wales United Kingdom |
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| Coordinates | 51.681218°N 5.173675°W |
| Year first constructed | 1714 (first) |
| Year first lit | 1844 (current) |
| Automated | 1998 |
| Construction | masonry tower |
| Tower shape | octagonal tower with balcony and lantern |
| Markings / pattern | white tower and lantern |
| Tower height | 13 metres (43 ft) |
| Focal height | 48 metres (157 ft) |
| Current lens | 1st Order catadioptric |
| Intensity | 48,700 candela |
| Range | 18 nautical miles (33 km; 21 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl WR 5s. |
| Admiralty number | A5284 |
| NGA number | 5608 |
| ARLHS number | WAL-027 |
| Managing agent | Trinity House[1] [2] |
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.
References
- St. Ann's Head The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2 June 2016
- St. Ann's Head Lighthouse Trinity House. Retrieved 2 June 2016
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