St Tudwal's Lighthouse on

Saint Tudwal's Island West Saint Tudwal's Islands (Welsh: Ynysoedd Tudwal) are a small archipelago lying south of Abersoch on the Llŷn Peninsula in North Wales, at the western end of Tremadog Bay. They were referred to as the Studwells in the early 19th century. The na ...

is active, but unstaffed. The site of the lighthouse, which marks the north end of Cardigan Bay, was purchased by Trinity House in 1876 at the sum of £111 and the next year the stone building was complete. It is tall, with its focal plane (height of light above high water) at . The main white light has a range of and its red sector light has a shorter range of . It gives 1 white and red flash every 15 seconds, the intensity being 12,000 candelas (candle power). Automated in 1922, it was one of the earlier lights Trinity House automated. It was electrified in 1995. The lighthouse keepers' cottages are now privately owned and used as a holiday home. The lighthouse building is Grade II listed, as are the lighthousekeeper's cottage and the perimeter walls.

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* Hague, D., B., ''Lighthouses of Wales Their Architecture and Archaeology'' ( Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, edited by Hughes, S., 1994)

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Trinity House

Video of lighthouse interior and surroundings, late 1980s
{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Tudwals Lighthouse Lighthouses completed in 1877 Lighthouses in Wales Cardigan Bay Grade II listed lighthouses Grade II listed buildings in Gwynedd 1877 establishments in Wales

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