St. Ann's Head Lighthouse is a
lighthouse that overlooks the entrance to the
Milford Haven
Milford Haven ( cy, Aberdaugleddau, meaning "mouth of the two Rivers Cleddau") is both a town and a community in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is situated on the north side of the Milford Haven Waterway, an estuary forming a natural harbour that ha ...
waterway, one of Britain's deep water
harbour
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s, from
St. Ann's Head
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near
Dale
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in
Pembrokeshire.
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 in height and is painted white. Visible is
Skokholm Lighthouse
Skokholm Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Skokholm Island, just off the southwest coast of Pembrokeshire, Wales.
This small island is a Site of Special Scientific Interest. It is owned and managed by the Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales and ...
on the small island of
Skokholm
Skokholm () or Skokholm Island is an island off the coast of Pembrokeshire, Wales, south of the neighbouring island of Skomer. The surrounding waters are a marine reserve and all are part of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. Both islands ...
to the west.
See also
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List of lighthouses in Wales
This is a list of lighthouses in Wales. The list runs anticlockwise from north-east to south-east Wales.
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Active lighthouses
In this table, the 'focal height' is the height of the light above water level whilst 'nmi' signifies nautical ...
References
External links
www.geograph.co.uk Photos of St. Ann's Head LighthouseTrinity House
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Lighthouses completed in 1841
Lighthouses in Pembrokeshire
1714 establishments in Wales
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