:Skokholm Lighthouse

{{Short description|Lighthouse in Pembrokeshire, Wales}}

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| name = Skokholm Lighthouse
Ynys Scogholm

| image = Skokholm Lighthouse - geograph - 1856348 - by - Bob-Jones.jpg

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| caption = Skokholm Lighthouse

| location = Skokholm Island
Pembrokeshire
Wales
United Kingdom

| coordinates = {{coord|51.693849|-5.286933|display=inline,title}}

| yearbuilt = 1916

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| automated = 1983

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| construction = masonry tower

| shape = octagonal tower with balcony and lantern on a 2-storey keeper’s house

| marking = white tower and lantern

| height = {{convert|18|m|ft}}

| focalheight = {{convert|54|m|ft}}

| lens = 4th Order (250mm) catadioptric rotating

| intensity = 742 candela

| range = {{convert|8|nmi}}

| characteristic = Fl WR 10s.

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| managingagent = Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales {{Cite rowlett|cym|accessdate=2016-06-02}}

[https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses-and-lightvessels/skokholm-lighthouse Skokholm Lighthouse] Trinity House. Retrieved 2 June 2016

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Skokholm Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Skokholm Island, just off the southwest coast of Pembrokeshire, Wales.

This small island is a Site of Special Scientific Interest. It is owned and managed by the Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales and is the site of the United Kingdom's first bird observatory. A great variety of birds can be found on this uninhabited island.

History

The present lighthouse was constructed over several years up to 1915 and was officially opened in 1916. Forming a triangle of lights with South Bishop and the Smalls to protect shipping moving into and out of Milford Haven and the Bristol Channel, the lighthouse shines {{convert|20|mi}}.

Construction of the present lighthouse was only enabled after the construction of a new jetty. This enabled building materials to be landed, which were then moved to the site using a narrow gauge railway, initially powered by a donkey, then a pony, and finally a tractor. Once in operation, relief was provided by boat from Holyhead. Automated in 1983, it is now monitored and controlled from the Trinity House Operations Control Centre at Harwich in Essex.{{cite web|url=http://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/interactive/gallery/skokholm.html|title=Skokholm Lighthoure|publisher=Trinity House|accessdate=2 September 2010|archive-date=1 May 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501190547/http://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/interactive/gallery/skokholm.html|url-status=dead}}

See also

{{Portal|Wales|Engineering}}

References

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