Survey Data
Reg No
16403101
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Lighthouse
Date
1815 - 1835
Coordinates
334391, 192357
Date Recorded
13/08/2003
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding three-stage lighthouse, built c.1825. The lighthouse is constructed in coursed granite. The circular shaft is slightly tapered. The cap is enclosed with a plain circular handrail. Internally there is a spiral corbelled stone stair with wrought-iron handrail. Openings are square headed. The lighthouse is set on the cliff edge.
Appraisal
Although no longer in use, this rare example of an early 19th century lighthouse is of significant value and is one of County Wicklow's very few number of pre 20th-century "industrial" buildings to have survived in a semblance of its original form.