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Freestanding single-bay four-stage lighthouse, sanctioned 1811; built 1812-5; commissioned 1815, on a circular plan. "Improved", 1885. Electrified, 1938. Automated, 1993. Limewashed granite ashlar battered walls on battered base with cantilevered walkway supporting cast-iron railings centred "Harlequin" lantern on battered base. Square-headed window openings with limewashed cut-granite sills, and limewashed cut-granite lintels framing two-over-two timber sash windows. Set on outcrop.
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