Corsewall Lighthouse

Corsewall Lighthouse
	Corsewall Lighthouse and Hotel
Location	Corsewall Point, Dumfries and Galloway, Kirkcolm, United Kingdom
OS grid	NW9807572614
Coordinates	55°00′25″N 5°09′33″W / 55.007°N 5.15917°W
Tower
Constructed	1816
Built by	Robert Stevenson
Construction	masonry (tower)
Automated	1994
Height	34 m (112 ft)
Shape	cylinder
Markings	white (tower), black (lantern), ochre (trim)
Power source	mains electricity
Operator	Northern Lighthouse Board
Heritage	category A listed building
Light
First lit	1817
Focal height	34 m (112 ft)
Range	22 nmi (41 km; 25 mi)
Characteristic	Fl(5) W 30s

Corsewall Lighthouse is a lighthouse at Corsewall Point, Kirkcolm near Stranraer in the region of Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland. First lit in 1817, it overlooks the North Channel of the Irish Sea. The definition of the name Corsewall is the place or well of the Cross.

History

In 1814, a Kirkman Finley applied to the Trade of Clyde for a lighthouse on Corsill Point. Robert Stevenson, inspected in December of that year and soon the 30 ft tower and house were in the first stages of construction.

Corsewall Lighthouse was exhibited in 1817 but that year, the Principal Keeper at Corsewall was reported for incompetence after falling asleep on duty as the revolving apparatus of the light had stopped for a certain period. They suspended him and he was to never chiefly monitor a lighthouse again and was demoted as an assistant at Bell Rock.^[1]

In November 1970, Concorde reportedly flew over the lighthouse on a trial flight and shattered panes of glass on the lighthouse. Later flights did not affect it.

Although the light is still operated by the Northern Lighthouse Board, since automation in 1994 the rest of Corsewall Lighthouse has been converted into the Corsewall Lighthouse Hotel.^[2]^[3]^[4]

References

^ Northern Lighthouse Board history of the light Archived 2 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved on 24 June 2008
^ Corsewall Lighthouse Hotel, Retrieved on 24 June 2008
^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Southwestern Scotland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
^ Corsewall Northern Lighthouse Board. Retrieved 10 May 2016

External links

[1] Northern Lighthouse Board history of the light Archived 2 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved on 24 June 2008

[2] Corsewall Lighthouse Hotel, Retrieved on 24 June 2008

[3] Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Southwestern Scotland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 10 May 2016.

[4] Corsewall Northern Lighthouse Board. Retrieved 10 May 2016

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v t e Lighthouses of the Northern Lighthouse Board
Scotland (except principal island groups)	Ailsa Craig Ardnamurchan Bass Rock Bell Rock Buchan Ness Cape Wrath Chanonry Corran Point Corsewall Covesea Skerries Crammag Head Davaar Duncansby Head Dunnet Head Fidra Fife Ness Girdle Ness Holy Island (Outer) Inchkeith Isle of May Kinnaird Head Mull of Galloway Mull of Kintyre North Rona Noss Head Pladda Rattray Head Rubh Re St Abbs Head Sanda Scurdie Ness Stoer Head Strathy Point Stroma Sule Skerry Tarbat Ness Turnberry Minor lights
The Hebrides	Barra Head Butt of Lewis Dubh Artach Eilean Glas Flannan Islands Haskeir Hyskeir Lismore Monach Neist Point Ornsay Rinns of Islay Rubha nan Gall Rona Lighthouse Ruvaal Scarinish Skerryvore Tiumpan Head Ushenish Minor lights
Orkney	Auskerry Brough of Birsay Cantick Head Copinsay Hoy Sound (High) Hoy Sound (Low) North Ronaldsay Noup Head Pentland Skerries Start Point Tor Ness Minor lights
Shetland	Bressay Eshaness Fair Isle North Fair Isle South Firths Voe Foula Hoo Stack Little Holm Muckle Flugga Out Skerries Point of Fethaland Sumburgh Head Ve Skerries Minor lights
Isle of Man	Chicken Rock Douglas Head Langness (minor light) Maughold Head Point of Ayre Thousla Rock (minor light)

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