Great Castle Head

Great Castle Head lighthouse (right) and beacon (left)
Great Castle Head lighthouse (right) and beacon (left)

Great Castle Head (Pen y Castell Mawr)

LocationSM 84713 05985 / 51.7112, -5.1176 / cracking.frostbite.robot
Established / Rebuilt / Automated / Closed1870 / — / ? / —
Architect or BuilderJames Douglass
Height of tower (m) / above sea level (m) / Range (NM)5 / 27 / 5
CharacterF WRG
OpticSealed beam lights on roof
OwnerMilford Haven Port Authority

This was built as one of a pair of towers that acted as leading lights guiding ships through the west channel into Milford Haven. The rear tower was replaced by a beacon and day mark on a concrete pole in 1970, but the front one is still in use. A square extension to the front of an accommodation block set on cliffs forming the north shore of the Haven, the light was originally shown through a window, but now sealed beam electric lights operate from the roof.