 Amlwch Old Harbour light | |
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| Location | Amlwch, Amlwch Community, United Kingdom |
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| Coordinates | 53°24′55″N4°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) |
TheAmlwch Lighthouse (Grid reference: SH 452937) is alighthouse tower situated on the outer pier ofAmlwch, at the northeast tip ofAnglesey, Wales. The existing lighthouse, a square tower erected in 1853, is the fourth on this site. It has original fine, but battered,ashlarmasonry to a height of 4.6 metres (15 ft); the presentlantern was added on top at a later date.
| Amlwch Harbour Act 1793 | |
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| Act of Parliament | |
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| 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 |
| Territorial extent | Great Britain |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 21 June 1793 |
| Commencement | 21 June 1793[a] |
| Repealed | 31 July 1914 |
| Other legislation | |
| Repealed by | Pier and Harbour Orders Confirmation (No. 3) Act 1914 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
Two short piers at Amlwch were built following anact of Parliament, theAmlwch Harbour Act 1793 (33 Geo. 3. c. 125), when theharbour was improved. Two octagonal houses, with small lanterns protruding from the roof, were added. They were described in theNew 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.
Thedrydock and lighthouse on the small creek at Amlwch once served the shipping of one of the largest copper mines in Europe, located atParys Mountain. The significance of the early copper-exporting port at Amlwch makes the lighthouse part of a heritage site of international importance.
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
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