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Encyclopedia > Caldey Lighthouse

Caldey Lighthouse is located on Caldey Island, three miles off the south Pembrokeshire, Wales coastline, a small island inhabitted by a Cistercian monastry. The lighthouse was built in 1829 and converted to automatic operations in 1929. It was the last Trinity House lighthouse to be powered by gas, eventually being converted to electricity in 1997. Caldey Island (Welsh: Ynys Pyr) lies south of Tenby in Pembrokeshire, Wales. ... Pembrokeshire (Welsh: Sir Benfro) is a county in the southwest of Wales in the United Kingdom. ... The Peggys Point lighthouse in Nova Scotia, Canada An aid for navigation and pilotage at sea, a lighthouse is a tower building or framework sending out light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire. ...


See also: Trinity House Trinity House - or, more correctly, the Corporation of Trinity House - came into being in 1514 by Royal Charter granted by Henry VIII. The Master of the Corporation is the Duke of Edinburgh Trinity House has three main functions: The care of all lighthouses in England, Wales, the Channel Islands and...


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Caldey (265 words)
Caldey Island lies about 3 miles off the south coast of Pembrokeshire facing the town and harbour of Tenby.
On the summit of the island, not far from the old Priory, stands the lighthouse which was erected by
Caldey lighthouse was the last Trinity House lighthouse to be powered by
Caldey Lighthouse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (98 words)
Caldey Lighthouse is located on Caldey Island, three miles off the south Pembrokeshire, Wales coastline, a small island inhabited by a Cistercian monastry.
The lighthouse was built in 1829 and converted to automatic operations in 1929.
It was the last Trinity House lighthouse to be powered by gas, eventually being converted to electricity in 1997.
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