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| Location | Carmel Head Anglesey Wales United Kingdom |
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| Coordinates | 53°25′16″N 4°36′29″W / 53.421221°N 4.608142°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1717 |
| Construction | stone tower |
| Automated | 1987 |
| Height | 23 metres (75 ft) |
| Shape | cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern attached to a 2-storey keeper’s house |
| Markings | white tower with a broad red horizontal band, white lantern |
| Operator | Trinity House[1] [2] |
| Heritage | Grade II* listed building, National Monuments of Wales  |
| Light | |
| Focal height | 36 metres (118 ft) |
| Lens | 1st Order (920mm) six panel catadioptric asymmetrical |
| Intensity | 89,900 candela |
| Range | 20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl (2) W 15s. |
The Skerries Lighthouse was first lit on the highest point of the largest island in The Skerries, Isle of Anglesey after 1716. A patent for the lighthouse was subsequently obtained in 1824. The builder was William Trench, who lost his son off the rocks and died in debt in 1725. He is said to have originally been allowed a pension from the Post Office, rather than payment from shipping tolls. An act of 1730 (3 Geo. 2. c. 36) allowed his son-in-law, Sutton Morgan, to increase the dues charged for shipping and confirmed the patent on the light to Morgan's heirs forever.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Wales". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
- ^ Skerries Lighthouse Trinity House. Retrieved 2 June 2016