Point Lynas Lighthouse
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The Lighthouse at Point Lynas
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 Wales
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Llaneilian Anglesey Wales |
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| Coordinates | 53°24′59″N 4°17′21″W / 53.416287°N 4.289198°WCoordinates: 53°24′59″N 4°17′21″W / 53.416287°N 4.289198°W |
| Year first constructed | 1766 (first) |
| Year first lit | 1835 (current) |
| Tower shape | lantern at ground level attached to a square castellated tower |
| Markings / pattern | white tower and lantern |
| Height | 11 metres (36 ft) |
| Focal height | 39 metres (128 ft) |
| Current lens | 2nd Order catadioptric fixed |
| Intensity | 89,900 candela |
| Range | 18 nautical miles (33 km; 21 mi) |
| Characteristic | Oc W 10s. |
| Fog signal | blast every 45s. |
| Admiralty number | A5160 |
| NGA number | 5464 |
| ARLHS number | Wal-019 |
| Managing agent |
Trinity House |
| Heritage |
Grade II listed building 
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Trinity House
Point Lynas Lighthouse (Welsh: Goleudy Trwyn y Balog) is located on the north coast of Anglesey in North Wales (at grid reference SH479936).
This unusual and distinctive lighthouse was designed by Jesse Hartley, engineer to the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board from 1824 to 1860, but with additions by G Lyster some twenty years later.
It is a castellated building comprising a two-storey dwelling surmounted by a square tower 11 metres (36 ft) high. The semicircular lantern is located at the base. The present lantern is 4.6 metres (15 ft) in diameter and dates from about 1874. The lantern has a cast-iron lower wall and rectangular glazing bars take the height to 3.7 metres (12 ft). The lantern is topped by a plain conical roof with a ball finial. The square tower above has a corbelled oriel window of the pilot's look-out.
Point Lynas was first lit in 1779 at a site about 300 metres (980 ft) south of the present tower, to provide accommodation for Liverpool pilots making use of the shelter at Porthyrysgaw. The site was abandoned for the present position, so that a light could be positioned on the more important north-eastern position, where a tower is not required, as the light sits 39 metres (128 ft) above mean high water.
The unusual arrangement of having the lantern at ground level with the look-out and telegraph room above is similar to the Great Orme Lighthouse, also built by the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board. The telegraph station was established in 1879, and two new cottages were erected to accommodate extra staff. Point Lynas has now been taken over by Trinity House.
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