Kingswear

United Kingdom

This is the entrance leading light for Dartmouth. The original lighthouse, an 11 m (36 ft) hexagonal stone tower atop the cliff, was demolished in 1980 because it had become unsafe.
Located on the north side of the entrance to the Dart estuary at Kingswear, southeast of Dartmouth. Site open, tower closed.

Manufacture Date 1865
Lighthouse Construction 1981 (station established 1864).
Country United Kingdom
Lens Order 4th order
Lens Type Fixed
Status publish
Light Character directional light, 1.5 s on, 1.5 s off; white light is shown southwestward over the clear channel, green to the right and red to the left.
Lighthouse Markings 4 m (13 ft) round cylindrical tower with a conical lantern mounted atop a large rock on the shore; the lights are shown through a rectangular window in the lantern.
Management Body Ports Authority Dart Harbour and Navigation Authority
Coastal Erosion Vulnerability
Open Status (Site) Open
Open Status (Tower) Closed
Coordinates 50.34715,-3.5682583
Other ARLHS ENG-311; Admiralty A0236; NGA 0328.
Data Source 1) Chance Lighthouses (1856-1917) (61 years): azimuthal condensing 2) The Lighthouse Work of Sir James T. Chance (APPENDIX): ~Fixed (azimuthal condensing)

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