Amlwch Lighthouse

Lighthouse tower in Anglesey, Wales

Lighthouse

Amlwch Lighthouse

Amlwch Old Harbour light

Location| Amlwch, Amlwch Community, United Kingdom
Coordinates| 53°24′55″N 4°19′59″W﻿ / ﻿53.415323°N 4.332973°W﻿ / 53.415323; -4.332973
Tower
Constructed| 1793 (first)
Construction| ashlar masonry
Height| 11 metres (36 ft)
Shape| square tower
Markings| unpainted tower
Operator| Isle of Anglesey Council[2][3]
Heritage| Grade II listed building, National Monuments of Wales
Light
First lit| 1817 (current)
Deactivated| 1972[1]
Range| 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi)

The Amlwch Lighthouse (Grid reference: SH 452937) is a lighthouse tower situated on the outer pier of Amlwch, at the northeast tip of Anglesey, Wales. The existing lighthouse, a square tower erected in 1853, is the fourth on this site. It has original fine, but battered, ashlar masonry to a height of 4.6 metres (15 ft); the present lantern was added on top at a later date.

## History

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United Kingdom legislation

Amlwch Harbour Act 1793

Act of Parliament

Parliament of Great Britain

Long title| An Act for enlarging, deepening, cleansing, improving, and regulating the Harbour of Amlwch, in the Isle of Anglesey.
Citation| 33 Geo. 3. c. 125
Dates
Royal assent| 21 June 1793

Two short piers at Amlwch were built following an act of Parliament, the Amlwch Harbour Act 1793 (33 Geo. 3. c. 125), when the harbour was improved. Two octagonal houses, with small lanterns protruding from the roof, were added. They were described in the New Seaman's Guide as "small white houses displaying lights at night".

In 1816 an outer pier, about 46 metres (151 ft) long, was built to give shipping extra protection inside the harbour. In 1817, a small lighthouse with a light 8.5 metres (28 ft) above high-water mark was built, subsequently replaced with the present lighthouse.

The drydock and lighthouse on the small creek at Amlwch once served the shipping of one of the largest copper mines in Europe, located at Parys Mountain. The significance of the early copper-exporting port at Amlwch makes the lighthouse part of a heritage site of international importance.

## See also

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* Wales portal
* Engineering portal

* List of lighthouses in Wales

## References

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1. ^ Amlwch Lighthouse Archived 25 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine cityseeker. Retrieved 1 June 2016
2. ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Wales". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
3. ^ Amlwch Old Harbour Light Archived 4 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine Lightouse Explorer. Retrieved 1 June 2016

## Further reading

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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) ISBN 1-871184-08-8

## External links

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* Amlwch Lighthouse in Lighthouse Digest's Lighthouse Explorer Database
* Trinity House

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