Haulbowline Lighthouse
Down, Northern Ireland
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Location Guide |
This lighthouse is built on a dangerous rock
which is only exposed at low tide, in the middle of the entrance to Carlingford
Lough, just on the north side of the border between Ireland and Northern
Ireland.
The shore station was at Cranfield Point until
1922, and then at Greencastle.
It was the first Irish offshore light to be
automated, in 1965. There is a secondary lantern halfway up the tower, the white
balcony feature. Until 1922, this lantern displayed a "half tide" light to
inform mariners that the tide was high enough for vessels to enter the lough.
Photo by Terry
Stewart
Lighthouse information Grid
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Name: |
Haulbowline Lighthouse, Down, Northern Ireland |
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Current status: |
Working |
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Geographic Position: |
54°01.196' North 006°04.740' West |
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Grid Reference: |
J259096 |
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Ceremonial County: |
Down
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Appearance: |
tapered granite tower, with lantern and gallery, incorporating keeper's
quarters and resting on a square base. Tower is unpainted; lantern painted
white. |
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Geograph
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Originally built: |
1824 |
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Current lighthouse built: |
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Height of Tower: |
34
metres |
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Height of light above mean sea level: |
32
metres |
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Character of light: |
Fl
(3) Whirw 10s. Exhibited by day when fog signal is sounding. Since 1873 a
continuous red "turning light" marking the start of the Carlingford Lough
entrance channel has been displayed from a tower window at a height of 21
metres |
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Character of fog signal: |
Horn 30s |
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Range of light: |
17
nautical miles |
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Owned / run by: |
Commissioners of Irish Lights
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Getting there: |
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Access: |
only by boat |
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Website: |
CIL
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