Tater-du Lighthouse A0032
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Lat./Long:
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50º03.5'N,
5º34.6'E
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Character:
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Fl (3) W 15
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Height of tower:
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15 m
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Elevation:
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41 m
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Visible:
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23 M
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Additional
light
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F R on same structure
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Fog
Signal:
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Horn
(2) 30s
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First lit:
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1965
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Tater Du Lighthouse was built by
Trinity House in 1965 as an automatic installation. It marks a headland on the
south Cornwall coast to the west of Penzance. A red sector light warns shipping
of the Runnelstone Rocks.
The lighthouse, which is built of white concrete blocks, was modernised in
1996/7.
It
is difficult to reach Tater-du, if you are not fit to walk along the coastal
path.
There is no road access.
Looking at the history of
shipwrecks along this coast, this lighthouse should have been built much before
1965. The final motivation for finally building a light here, was the wreck of
the Spanish coaster Juan Ferrer. She ran ashore with the loss of 11 lives in
October 1963.
The lighthouse that was
subsequently built by Trinity House was automated and un-manned from the
beginning.
The pictures were taken from a boat
on a day trip to the Scilly Isles.
morning
picture (on the way to the Scilly Isles)
evening
picture (on the way back from the Scilly Isles)
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