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St. Ann's Head Lighthouse is a
lighthouse A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lens (optics), lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways. Ligh ...
that overlooks the entrance to the
Milford Haven Waterway Milford Haven Waterway () is a natural harbour in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is a ria or drowned valley which was flooded at the end of the last ice age. The Daugleddau estuary winds west to the sea. As one of the deepest natural harbours in ...
, one of Britain's deep water
harbour A harbor (American English), or harbour (Commonwealth English; see American and British English spelling differences#-our, -or, spelling differences), is a sheltered body of water where ships, boats, and barges can be Mooring, moored. The t ...
s, from St. Ann's Head near Dale in
Pembrokeshire Pembrokeshire ( ; ) is a Principal areas of Wales, county in the South West Wales, south-west of Wales. It is bordered by Carmarthenshire to the east, Ceredigion to the northeast, and otherwise by the sea. Haverfordwest is the largest town and ...
.


Lighthouse

The lighthouse is intended to guide ships around a number of rocky
shoal In oceanography, geomorphology, and Earth science, geoscience, a shoal is a natural submerged ridge, bank (geography), bank, or bar that consists of, or is covered by, sand or other unconsolidated material, and rises from the bed of a body ...
s that cause a hazard to shipping entering the Haven as well as Crow's rock. The current lighthouse was completed in 1844, at which time it was known as St. Ann's Low Light, and was commissioned by John Knott, senior lighthouse keeper with Trinity House. The first lighthouse on the site was built in 1714. The present operational tower is in height and is painted white. Visible is Skokholm Lighthouse on the small island of
Skokholm Skokholm () or Skokholm Island is an island off the coast of Pembrokeshire, Wales, south of the neighbouring island of Skomer. The surrounding waters are a marine reserve and all are part of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. Both island ...
to the west.


See also

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List of lighthouses in Wales This is a list of lighthouses in Wales. The list runs anticlockwise from north-east to south-east Wales. __TOC__ Active lighthouses Inactive lighthouses See also *List of lighthouses and lightvessels *List of lighthouses in England *List o ...


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www.geograph.co.uk Photos of St. Ann's Head Lighthouse

Trinity House
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Anns Head Lighthouse Lighthouses completed in 1841 Lighthouses in Pembrokeshire 1714 establishments in Wales