Unnamed Lighthouse
P6X2+X4 Pwllheli, UK
Name and Location
The unnamed lighthouse near Pwllheli, Gwynedd, Wales, is situated on the southern Llyn Peninsula. Its exact address is Unnamed Road, Pwllheli LL53 8DE, United Kingdom. The coordinates are 52.7499665° N, 4.7997255° W.
Construction and History
The lighthouse structure is a single tower built on a small concrete or masonry base, with unknown height and focal height. Its construction material is likely to be masonry or concrete. No records of its year of construction exist. The lighthouse's current status is unverified, without an active light characteristic or range published.
Architecture and Materials
The building type is a lighthouse (man_made), with unknown architectural style and architect.
Light and Navigation
No contemporary charted light exists, and the lighthouse does not appear on Admiralty or local pilot publications. It may have once marked a local hazard or private pier, but this information is speculative.
Accessibility and Visiting
The lighthouse is not open to the public and is situated on what appears to be private land or an unnamed service road. Access can be gained by foot or vehicle via a minor coastal roadway branching off the B4354. No designated parking or visitor facilities exist, but visitors can view the structure from the adjacent public lane or surrounding fields.
Notable Views and Landscape
The surrounding landscape features rural coastal road on the southern shore of the Llyn Peninsula, nearby low cliffs, intermittent sandy coves, and agricultural land. Pwllheli Harbour (approx. 6 km east) is a small leisure marina and main port of the Llyn Peninsula.
Anecdotes and Folklore
Speculative notes suggest that this tower may once have borne a small oil or acetylene lamp to warn local fishing craft of submerged rocks in the late 19th or early 20th century. No surviving keeper's logs or archive photographs have been located, but local oral history could yield further clues.
Technical and Operational Details
The lighthouse is presumed automated, without records of a manual keeper. Its light range and characteristic are data unavailable.
Further Information
- OpenStreetMap entry: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/26635003
- Google Street View at coordinates 52.74997, –4.79973
- Gwynedd Archives (for historic harbor records and licensing registers)
- Admiralty Pilot and BA (UKHO) publications (for any charted light details)
Details
| Name | Unnamed Lighthouse |
|---|---|
| City | Pwllheli |
| Country | Wales |
| Coordinates | 52.7499665, -4.7997255 |
| Stories | Speculative Notes (unconfirmed) - This tower may once have borne a small oil or acetylene lamp to warn local fishing craft of submerged rocks in the late 19th or early 20th century. |
| Construction material | "Unknown" |
| Heritage status | false |
| Access description | By foot or vehicle via a minor coastal roadway branching off the B4354. |
| Accessible | false |
| Landscape type | Rural coastal road on the southern shore of the Llyn Peninsula |
| Nearby attractions | [{"name":"Pwllheli Harbour","distance":6},{"name":"Pen y chain (Chapel Island)","distance":null},{"name":"Plas Glyn y Weddw Gallery","distance":null}] |
| Automated | true |