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St Tudwal's Lighthouse on Saint Tudwal's Island West is active, but unstaffed. The site of the lighthouse, which marks the north end of
Cardigan Bay Cardigan Bay () is a large inlet of the Irish Sea, indenting the west coast of Wales between Bardsey Island, Gwynedd in the north, and Strumble Head, Pembrokeshire at its southern end. It is the largest bay in Wales. Geography Cardigan Bay ha ...
, was purchased by
Trinity House The Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond, also known as Trinity House (and formally as The Master, Wardens and Assistants of the Guild Fraternity or Brotherhood of the most glorious and undivided Trinity and of St Clement in the ...
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 keeper A lighthouse keeper or lightkeeper is a person responsible for tending and caring for a lighthouse, particularly the light and lens in the days when oil lamps and clockwork mechanisms were used. Lighthouse keepers were sometimes referred to as ...
s' 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.


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. __TOC__ Active lighthouses Inactive lighthouses See also *List of lighthouses and lightvessels *List of lighthouses in England *List o ...


References


Sources

* Hague, D., B., ''Lighthouses of Wales Their Architecture and Archaeology'' (
Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales (RCAHMW; ; ), established in 1908, is a Welsh Government sponsored body concerned with some aspects of the archaeological, architectural and historic environment 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