Watwick Point Beacon

Watwick Point Beacon
*Range Rear*
Tower
The Watwick Beacon in 2007

Location	Watwick Point Dale Pembrokeshire Wales United Kingdom
Coordinates	51°41′46″N 5°09′14″W / 51.696247°N 5.153987°W / 51.696247; -5.153987
Constructed	1970^[1]
Construction	reinforced concrete tower
Automated	1970
Height	50 metres (160 ft)
Shape	tapered cylindrical tower with platform
Markings	unpainted tower with rectangular slatted daymark painted black with a white vertical stripe on the range line
Operator	Milford Haven Port Authority^[2]
Racon	Y

Light
Focal height	80 metres (260 ft)
Lens	sealed beam
Range	15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi)
Characteristic	F w

Watwick Point Beacon is a leading light, which is a type of lighthouse, located near Dale, Pembrokeshire, in Wales. It is designed to lead ships into Milford Haven in conjunction with the West Blockhouse Point Beacons. It is situated about half a mile to the north-east of West Blockhouse Point.^[3]

Watwick Point Beacon comprises a circular pinkish-white tower. A large board at the top of the tower contains a vertical black and white daymark.^[4] The mains-powered single-beam light is mounted on a gallery on top of the tower and gives out a flashing white light which is visible for 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi).^[5]^[4] The height of the tower is 159 feet (48 m) and the light shines out at this height.^[3]

References

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^ Dale Peninsula Retrieved 4 June 2016
^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Wales". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
^ ^a ^b Douglas Bland Hague (1994). Hughes, Stephen (ed.). Lighthouses of Wales: Their Architecture and Archaeology. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. p. 82. ISBN 978-1-871184-08-2.
^ ^a ^b Denton, A., & Leach, N., Lighthouses of Wales, Landmark Publishing Ltd., 2008, ISBN 978-1-84306-459-6
^ List of Lights, Pub. 114: British Isles, English Channel and North Sea (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2016. p. 82.

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