Watwick Point Beacon

Watwick Point Beacon
Range Rear

The Watwick Beacon in 2007
Wales
Location Watwick Point
Dale
Pembrokeshire
Wales
United Kingdom
Coordinates 51°41′46″N 5°09′14″W / 51.696247°N 5.153987°W / 51.696247; -5.153987Coordinates: 51°41′46″N 5°09′14″W / 51.696247°N 5.153987°W / 51.696247; -5.153987
Year first constructed 1970[1]
Automated 1970
Construction reinforced concrete tower
Tower shape tapered cylindrical tower with platform
Markings / pattern unpainted tower with rectangular slatted daymark painted black with a white vertical stripe on the range line
Height 50 metres (160 ft)
Focal height 80 metres (260 ft)
Original lens sealed beam
Range 15 miles (13 nmi; 24 km)
Characteristic F w
Admiralty number A5286.3
NGA number 5620
ARLHS number WAL-042
Managing agent Milford Haven Port Authority[2]

Watwick Point Beacon is a leading light, which is a type of lighthouse, located near Dale, Pembrokeshire, in Wales. It is designed to lead ships into Milford Haven in conjunction with the West Blockhouse Point Beacons. It is situated about half a mile to the north-east of West Blockhouse Point.[3]

Watwick Point Beacon comprises a circular pinkish-white tower. A large board at the top of the tower contains a vertical black and white daymark.[4] The mains-powered single-beam light is mounted on a gallery on top of the tower and gives out a flashing white light which is visible for 15 miles (13 nmi; 24 km).[4] The height of the tower is 159 feet (48 m) and the light shines out at this height.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ Dale Penisula Retrieved 4 June 2016
  2. ↑ Watwick Point Beacon The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 4 June 2016
  3. 1 2 Hague, D. B., Lighthouses of Wales, Their Architecture and Archaeology, edited by Hughes, S., Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, 1994, ISBN 1-871184-08-8
  4. 1 2 Denton, A., & Leach, N., Lighthouses of Wales, Landmark Publishing Ltd., 2008, ISBN 978-1-84306-459-6
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