Location | St Michael's Island, Strumble Head, Pembrokeshire, Wales |
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Coordinates | 52°01′47″N 5°04′26″W / 52.02975°N 5.07381°W |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1908 |
Construction | stone tower |
Automated | 1980 |
Height | 17 m (56 ft) |
Shape | cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern |
Markings | white tower and lantern |
Operator | Trinity House[1] [2] |
Heritage | Grade II listed building |
Light | |
Focal height | 45 m (148 ft) |
Lens | 1st Order catadioptric |
Intensity | 1,000,000 candela |
Range | 26 nmi (48 km; 30 mi) |
Characteristic | Fl (4) W 15s. |
Strumble Head Lighthouse stands on Ynys Meicel (from Welsh: St. Michael's Island), also known as Strumble Head, a rocky island at the northwest corner of Pencaer area, five miles west of the town of Fishguard, in northern Pembrokeshire, Wales.