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  Lighthouse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lighthouses are used to mark dangerous coastlines, hazardous shoals away from the coast and safe entries to harbors.
In very old lighthouses, the light source was a kerosene lamp, and the lenses were rotated by a clockwork assembly wound daily by lighthouse keepers.
Perhaps the most famous lighthouse in history is the Lighthouse of Alexandria, built on the island of Pharos in ancient Egypt.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lighthouse   (893 words)

  
 Trinity House | Interactive | Gallery | Strumble Head Lighthouse
Strumble Head Lighthouse stands imposingly on Ynysmeicl (St. Michael's Island), an islet to the west of Fishguard, separated from the mainland by a very narrow gap through which the sea boils and froths in stormy weather.
The station was built in 1908 by Trinity House for the greater safety of sea traffic between Ireland and the new Fishguard Harbour which is located behind cliffs and a breakwater three miles to the east.
The lighthouse was converted to unmanned automatic operation in 1980 and is now monitored from the Operations Control Centre at Harwich.
www.trinityhouse.co.uk /interactive/gallery/strumble_head.html   (280 words)

  
 Wales Lighthouses
The lighthouses of the country are clustered in the north, guarding the approaches to the Mersey, and in the south, guarding the approaches to the Severn.
This remarkable lighthouse is perched high on a vertical cliff at the northern end of the promontory.
The lighthouse stands at the northeastern corner of the Isle of Anglesey marking the northern entrance to Menai Strait, which separates the island from the Welsh mainland.
www.unc.edu /~rowlett/lighthouse/cym.htm   (3791 words)

  
 Pembrokeshire Coast Path Diary 2001 Part 2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The path round Dinas Head, which is owned by the National Trust, gives some good views of the coast around Newport Bay and, upon reaching the trig point at the summit, a good view of Fishguard Bay and Strumble Head.
By 11.00 I had reached Strumble Head and the weather was gradually brightening with a few patches of sunshine but still with a cool wind.
Strumble Head was the farthest point I had been able to see on the first day as I rounded Cemaes Head and I now had a clear view back the other way with Cardigan Island, which was clearly visible.
www.gtleisure.co.uk /walks/pc01/pembcstb.htm   (2394 words)

  
 Strumble Head Lighthouse   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Strumble Head Lighthouse stands on Ynys Meicl (St. Michael's), a rocky island at the northwest corner of Pencaer, in the British Isles.
It was erected in 1908 to improve the safety of sea traffic, warning of rocky coast and strong currents and serving as a navigational aid.
Although Ynys Meicl is connected to the mainland via a narrow bridge, building the island presented many difficulties usually associated with building lighthouses on more remote islands.
www.wikiverse.org /strumble-head-lighthouse   (114 words)

  
 Trinity House | Interactive | Gallery | Casquets Lighthouse
The three Casquets lights reverted to Trinity House (in 1785) and were converted to metal reflectors and Argand lamps on 25th November, 1790; a revolving apparatus was fitted to each tower at the Casquets in 1818, and the three towers were raised by 30ft in 1854.
The Casquets Lighthouse and rocks have been the scene of many shipping disasters, among them the SS STELLA in 1899 with a lost of 112 lives, the BLANCHE NEUF centuries earlier, carrying Prince William, son of Henry I from Normandy to England and the British Man O'War VICTORY in 1744 with a complement of 1,100.
Casquets Lighthouse was converted to automatic operation in November, 1990 and is now monitored from the Trinity House Operations Control Centre in Harwich.
www.trinityhouse.co.uk /interactive/gallery/casquets.html   (299 words)

  
 Trinity House | Interactive | Gallery | St Bees Lighthouse
South of the harbours of Maryport, Workington and Whitehaven, sandy beaches and grassy foreshores give way to cliffs around St. Bees Head, a high promontory, which was a danger to small coastal vessels trading between the ports of Wales and the Solway Firth.
In 1718, Trinity House obtained a patent for the building of a lighthouse on the Head and in turn leased it to a private individual Thomas Lutwige, for ninety-nine years at an annual rent of £20.
St Bees Lighthouse was automated and demanned in 1987 and is now monitored from the Trinity House Operations Control Centre at Harwich.
www.trinityhouse.co.uk /interactive/gallery/st_bees.html   (282 words)

  
 Lighthouses to Visit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
There may be attendants at some lighthouses and you may be able to gain access to the inside of the stations there, at the discretion of the attendant.
A few major lighthouses have a good welcome for visitors, but, on the whole you may be disappointed at the low level of availability of many lighthouses to visitors.
In the South-East, Beachy Head is spectacular from the cliffs, and the old lighthouse to the west has just been moved back from the cliff edge.
www.btinternet.com /~k.trethewey/Lighthouses_to_Visit.htm   (540 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Pembrokeshire
Skokholm is an uninhabited island off south west Pembrokeshire in Wales, lying south of Skomer.
Strumble Head Lighthouse stands on Ynys Meicl (St....
Harbour of Tenby in Nov, 2001 Tenby (Welsh: Dinbych-y-Pysgod, fortlet of the fishes) is a town in Pembrokeshire, west Wales, lying on Carmarthen Bay.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Pembrokeshire   (1953 words)

  
 DX Bulletin de XE1BEF - in english :: No. 205
And in the Lighthouse with the callsign CU4T of July 27-29 and after new of August 1-3 and with the callsign CU4/CT3FN the band of 6 meters the whole time will be assisted but also HF in CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK31.
LIGHTHOUSE MONTEDOR - PORTUGAL - Toño EA9CP is informing that it will be active July 29 from the Lighthouse Montedor with reference ARLHS, FOR-031 for the Lightouses of Portugal Award FMI02 in the bands of 20 and 40 meters.
LIGHTHOUSE GELLEN (ARLHS FED-088) - GERMANY - Of August 20-21 it will be active Ric DL2VFR like DA0GLH in SB and CW in the Island Hiddensee (EU057) and also wait to activate the Lighthouse Maltzien (ARLHS FED-150) in the island Ruegen (EU057) located in the Baltic Sea.
members.fortunecity.com /dxbulletin/DXbulletin206-e.htm   (12766 words)

  
 Walk #391: Strumble Head to Newport
This walk was quite strenuous with many ascents and descents to be made, even on the first section from Strumble Head.
I was not in much of a hurry, and so I decided to have a second pint and relax a little, which with hindsight may have been a mistake.
By this stage I was feeling decidedly fuzzy in my head, so I was not in a massively talkative mood as I was concentrating on the walk itself.
www.britishwalks.org /walks/2003/391.php   (1279 words)

  
 Sea Trust News
Strumble Head Harbour Porpoise Survey — a land-based survey of porpoises, observed from the headland.
It is also clear that Strumble Head and its tide-race is a very important habitat for harbour porpoises for both feeding and as a nursery area.
Harbour porpoise watches have taken place at the Strumble Head lookout and included one for the National Biodiversity Week, and another was an evening watch in late August, both of which attracted about sixty participants.
www.seatrust.org.uk /summerautumn2004.htm   (1678 words)

  
 Page 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The first he was sent to was Strumble Head Lighthouse near Fishguard, W.Wales where he turned up in a howling gale, rain and the wailing noise of the wind in the overhead crane wires.
A brief sojourn was enjoyed at Europa Point Lighthouse, Gibraltar for 3 months then a 5 year spell in the Pool before his final posting to St.Anne's Head Lt Ho, off the entrance to Milford Haven Sound, Pembs.
His last posting was to St.Anne's Head Lighthouse and it was from here that he was made redundant by Trinity House in May 1996, only to take up the position of Attendant for Blacknore Lighthouse near Avonmouth, Bristol 18 months later.
www.lighthouseart.co.uk /page1.html   (409 words)

  
 Innisfallen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
About half way between the Tuskar Rock and Strumble Head across the channel the captain decided to run before it in a north easterly course for half an hour before heaving to on a course of S.S.W. as he feared we might be on too fine a course towards the Welsh coast.
When this was successfully accomplished and the engine revolutions were adjusted the captain slipped into his cabin for a while and I was joined on the bridge by third officer Vollrath.
Moments later a rogue sea came over the fo'csle head and crashed into the forward well deck smashing some iron-bound storm hatches, which covered Number 2 hatchway and washing away the two stairways ascending from the well deck to the passenger accommodation forward and disturbing the bulkhead at the after end of the well deck.
www.rossespoint.com /innisfallen.htm   (944 words)

  
 Pembrokeshire Food Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Head towards Strumble Head Lighthouse, and you will find a road side stand full of home-made jams, marmalades, chutneys, jellies, pickles and curds.
They are all additive free, and made on the premises.
From the end of the A40 take the left turn into Goodwick up the steep hill and follow signs for Strumble Head.
www.pembrokeshire.gov.uk /food_art_craft/food_guide/display_food_member.asp?prod_id=7   (116 words)

  
 The British Isles part 16   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
This video presents a coastal tour along the South Wales coast from Strumble Head to the Mouth of the River Severn and is part 16 of
Pembroke and St. Govan’s Head, Camarthen Bay plus Tenby and Saundersfoot, the beautiful Gower Peninsular, the Mumbles and Swansea, Porthcawl and Ogmore by Sea, Cardiff and a Stone Age village.
Whether it is the awe inspiring cliffs, the breathtaking beauty of Rhossili Bay, the proud capital of Cardiff or the resorts of Tenby and Saundersfoot - this stretch of Welsh coastline is a true delight.
www.discoveryfilms.co.uk /pages/1033.htm   (230 words)

  
 Walk #390: Abereiddy to Strumble Head
As the sun went down behind the lighthouse the sky went a beautiful red colour, with a vertical beam going up into the sky as a horizontal white beam swept around from the lighthouse - a stunning view, and one that photographs cannot reproduce well.
The light got annoying after a while as it was massively bright, and could be seen sweeping around the countryside beside the van, so we closed the blinds and curtains to keep the light out.
We parked Mervan in a car park at Strumble Head, which was a lovely place to park as long as you can fl out he light from the lighthouse, which sweeps over the landscape and car park four times at regular intervals.
www.britishwalks.org /walks/2003/390.php   (1345 words)

  
 icWales - Cottage with sea views could be yours   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
PLAS-Y-PINC is a delightfully situated Pembrokeshire cottage which stands in approximately two acres on the Strumble Head Peninsula from where superb coastal sea and rural views can be enjoyed to Garn Fawr.
The cottage is in need of renovation and modernisation work and has the benefit of a reasonable sized garden with car parking and a 1 acre pony paddock.
Plas-y-Pinc stands on the Strumble Head Peninsula within a mile of Strumble Head Lighthouse (as the crow flies) and within a mile and a quarter or so of the hamlet at Trefasser.
icwales.icnetwork.co.uk /0100news/0200wales/tm_objectid=15462126&method=full&siteid=50082&headline=cottage-with-sea-views-could-be-yours-name_page.html   (340 words)

  
 Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Lighthouse   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
This is an extract from The Middle East Open Encyclopedia, made possible through the Wikimedia Foundation.
Iraq Museum International always displays the most recent published revision of the source article, Lighthouse; all previous versions may be viewed here.
They link directly to authoring tools for you to start writing a particular article.
www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/index.php?title=Lighthouse   (1023 words)

  
 Ken Stott - I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
Filming began in September 2002 and the movie was shot over the course of five weeks in locations primarily in south London, centering around Brixton and Clapham, and one week in Wales, based in Fishguard.
Fifty two locations were used during the intense 29-day shooting schedule, which included filming at the Strumble Head lighthouse during the worst storm to hit the Welsh coast in 20 years.
The movie, written by Trevor Preston, is directed by Mike Hodges and takes him back to the crime genre for the first time since the seminal 'Get Carter' of thirty one years ago (with the plot echoing the same theme).
www.kenstott.info /sleep.htm   (471 words)

  
 Strumble Head (Pen-Caer) - Strolling Guides
Penbwchdy from Strumble Head (Pen-Caer) - Cliffs Cliff Pembrokeshire Penfro Wales Cymru
Strumble Head (Pen-Caer) - Cliffs Cliff Pembrokeshire Penfro Wales Cymru
Strumble Head (Pen-Caer) - Pembrokeshire Penfro Wales Cymru
www.strollingguides.co.uk /books/nav/galleries/display.php?Gallery=strumbleGal   (94 words)

  
 Diver Magazine Feature, John Liddiard, Pembrokeshire, West Wales, UK
Mark turns the boat round and we retreat behind Strumble Head, passing close inshore below the lighthouse and the whale-watching lookout point, though no-one is watching and we don't see any whales.
It looks interesting enough on the echo-sounder and, with a current coming round Strumble Head, there should be some marine life.
It's hard to believe that it was so unpleasant out at Strumble Head.
www.celticdiving.co.uk /john_liddiard.htm   (956 words)

  
 Pembrokeshire Coast May 2005 (2)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
From Goodwick I walked along what could be arguably described as the most scenic part of the entire national trail to Abermawr via Strumble Head.
I continued walking west towards Strumble Head, and just as I arrived at the lighthouse, I took a retrospective photo of the walk so far.
Having passed Strumble Head I now walked in a generally southerly direction.
www.morgs4mountains.co.uk /m4m/pembrokeshire_coast_may_2005_(2).htm   (411 words)

  
 WOLFSCASTLE HOTEL, Allt yr Afon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Heading north from St.Davids is Abereiddy, a tiny village hidden in a valley on the coast, nearby is the Blue Lagoon, a popular place for divers.
This is Strumble Head Lighthouse, 5 miles outside Fishguard.
Alfred “Centennial” Johnson decided to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of the United States with a sea voyage from Gloucester in Massachusetts to Liverpool.
www.wolfscastle.com /photos.html   (811 words)

  
 DX Bulletin de XE1BEF - in english :: No. 205
ISLAND AND LIGHTHOUSE UTSIRA (EU055) - Of July 20-24 members of the QLF DX Team with s Bjorn/LA5UKA, Andy/LA8AJA and Tony/LA9VDA will be active in the bands of 18-80 meters in CW, SSB and something of RTTY like LA6Q from this lighthouse with reference (ARLHS NOR-262).
LIGHTHOUSE ROBBENPLATE (FED198) - active DAØLH will be Of July 21-24 and possibly also from the Lighthouse "Hoheweg" FED-108.
LIGHTHOUSE ANTALYA BABABURNU (ARLHS TUR-065) - July 23 will be active Berkin TA3J/4 from this lighthouse in the bands of 80, 40, 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 meters SSB, in memory of Bahri Kacan TA2BK that became a silent key 23 July 2001.
members.fortunecity.com /dxbulletin/DXbulletin205-e.htm   (11907 words)

  
 Archaeology in Wales - Archaeoleg CAMBRIA Archaeology   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Six historic landscape character areas were identified in the Pen Caer: Garn Fawr and Strumble Head landscape.
These range from the highly exposed coastal strip with Strumble Head Lighthouse to a ridge of high moorland on which the stone-built revetments of Garn Fawr Iron Age hillfort are a dominant feature.
Fields divided by dry-stone walls and banks, and dispersed farms lie between the coast and moorland ridge.
www.acadat.com /HLC/singleareas/pencaer.htm   (118 words)

  
 Pembrokeshire Holiday Cottages
This harbour is also home to some small fishing boats and there is a sand and shingle beach.
Just further on in the direction of Strumble Head, and yet only a few minutes drive away from our cottages, are the two beaches of Abermawr and Aberbach, adjacent to each other.
Backing on to these two lovely, sandy, quiet beaches is a wonderful valley with various picturesque cottages and mills straddling a river heading out to the beach.
www.holidaycottagesinpembrokeshire.co.uk /area.html   (751 words)

  
 Ted Lethaby summary1
Dr Head was a long long time ago before Dr Mold came [1n 1953].
He doesn't know if Dr Head was brought up in the area or any of his past history.
When she was five they had to move because of her schooling so they went to Strumble Head lighthouse up at Fishguard, She went to school in Fishguard until she was 14 - then they moved to Whitby in Yorkshire and she went to school there for a year.
www.somerset.gov.uk /Archives/exmoor/lethabysummary1.htm   (4835 words)

  
 Travel Designs: Wales-Cymru
John will meet your morning flight, and in our comfortable van we'll head west on the M4 motorway over the Severn suspension bridge into the land of song, harp, Red Dragon and the 'language of heaven'.
As we head towards St. David's, we'll complete our exploration of the industrial coal valleys, and move on to the Gower Peninsula.
Rhossili Head is spectacular as it gives views to Worms Head and across Rhossili Bay.
www.traveldesigns.biz /wales.htm   (1697 words)

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