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and fittings cost £250 7s 6d, including the adaptation of an "earlier tower". The north-east door is flanked by small windows, and the two floors above also have small windows, but the top does not. The conical roof is slated and has a flagpole. The present lantern window is about 6 feet
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tower, with a domed top, is located to the south-east, and may be an earlier structure. The walls are 6 feet 8 inches (2.03 m) in radius and 3 feet (0.91 m) thick, with a door to the north-west, and show signs of cracking to the
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1818-1823 2 inches/mile map. They both probably originated as unlit markers. The cottages nearby have been used as craft workshops, and the local community here once serviced pilot-boats and lifeboats.
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Neither tower is shown on the chart of Lewis Morris, dated 1800, but they both appear on the
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6 inches (1.98 m) by 2 feet (0.61 m). The optic, silver-plated reflector and
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are dated 1861 and were used into the 1970s. The lantern was originally lit by six
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The 1873 tower is tapered in a style characteristic of
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Ynys Llanddwyn
Anglesey
Wales
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53°08′07″N 4°24′56″W / 53.135165°N 4.415574°W / 53.135165; -4.415574
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