Round Island Light, Isles of Scilly

Round Island Light, Isles of Scilly

Infobox_lighthouse|name= Round Island Lighthouse
location= Round Island, Isles of Scilly, England


caption= Round Island, Isles of Scilly
coordinates = 49°58.70'N 06°19.35W
yearbuilt =
yearlit= 1887
yeardeactivated=
automated= 1988
intensity= 340,000 CD
elevation= 35 m
range= 44.5 Km
foundation=
construction=
shape=
height= 19 m
characteristic = One White Flash Every 10 Seconds
marking = White
lens=

Round Island Lighthouse, located on Round Island, was built in 1887 by William Tregarthen Douglass and automated in 1987. Round Island, the most northerly outpost of the Scillies, is a 40m mass of granite, the top forming a platform on which Trinity House built a lighthouse and dwellings in 1887 under conditions of extreme difficulty. The sheer rock face made the unloading of building materials almost impossible.

ee also

*List of shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly

External links

* [http://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/interactive/gallery/round_island.html Information on the Round Island Lighthouse at Trinity House]


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