Longships Lighthouse
Longships Lighthouse is an active 19th-century lighthouse about 1.25 mi (2.0 km) off the coast of Land's End in Cornwall, England. It is the second lighthouse to be built on Carn Bras, the highest of the Longships islets which rises 39 feet (12 m) above high water level. In 1988 the lighthouse was automated, and the keepers withdrawn. It is now remotely monitored from the Trinity House Operations & Planning Centre in Harwich, Essex.
Longships lighthouse from the seaward side | |
| Location | Longships, Land's End Cornwall England |
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| Coordinates | 50°4′00.69″N 5°44′48.39″W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1795 (first) |
| Construction | granite tower |
| Automated | 1988 |
| Height | 35 m (115 ft) |
| Shape | tapered cylindrical tower with lantern and helipad on the top |
| Markings | unpainted tower, white lantern |
| Operator | Trinity House |
| Fog signal | one second blast every 10 seconds |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1875 (current) |
| Focal height | 35 m (115 ft) |
| Lens | First Order Dioptric |
| Intensity | 14,400 Candela |
| Range | 15 nmi (28 km; 17 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl (2) WR 10s. |
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