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Corsewall Lighthouse

lighthouse at Corsewall Point, Kirkcolm near Stranraer in the region of Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland
Place lighthouse Q5173151

Facts

24 properties
Instance of
lighthouse
Inception
1816[11]
Country
United Kingdom[4]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 55.007°, -5.159°
Associated electoral district
Dumfries and Galloway[26]
Color
white, black, ochre[8][9][10]
Described by source
Ordnance Survey name book[18]
Focal height
+34[24]
Has part(s) of the class
balcony, lighthouse keeper's house[22][23]
Height
+34[21]
Heritage designation
category A listed building[20]
Historic county
Wigtownshire[27]
Light characteristic
Fl(5) W 30s[17]
Lighthouse range
+22[25]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Dumfries and Galloway, Kirkcolm[2][3]
Located in/on physical feature
Corsewall Point[14]
Made from material
masonry[6]
Main building contractor
Robert Stevenson[7]
OS grid reference
NW9807572614[12]
Operator
Northern Lighthouse Board[5]
Service entry
1817[15]
Shape
cylinder[19]
Significant event
automatization[16]
Source of energy
mains electricity[13]
🏷️ Also known as
en Corsewall Lighthouse ar منارة كورسوال fr phare de Corsewall pl Latarnia morska Corsewall sv Corsewall fyr zh 科西沃爾燈塔
🔖 Identifiers · 12
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Corsewell Lighthouse and Hotel - geograph.org.uk - 1708569.jpg ↗
ARLHS lighthouse ID
SCO052
Admiralty number
A4604
British Listed Buildings ID
200342259
Canmore ID
60412
GB1900 ID
5800d2852c66dcab3d062a50
Historic Environment Scotland ID
LB9923
MMSI
992351018
MarineTraffic Lighthouse ID
1000005018
NGA lighthouse ID
114-4796
Online List of Lights ID
3385
OpenStreetMap node ID
11110362622

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Color 3
black, white, ochre
Associated electoral district 1
Dumfries and Galloway
Country 1
United Kingdom
Has part(s) of the class 1
balcony
Historic county 1
Wigtownshire
Instance of 1
lighthouse
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Dumfries and Galloway
Located in/on physical feature 1
Corsewall Point
Made from material 1
masonry
Main building contractor 1
Robert Stevenson
Operator 1
Northern Lighthouse Board
Shape 1
cylinder
Source of energy 1
mains electricity
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Summary

Corsewall Lighthouse is a lighthouse[1].

Related Entities

United Kingdom

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . nlb.org.uk. Retrieved . nlb.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Canmore. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . scotlandsplaces.gov.uk. scotlandsplaces.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . nlb.org.uk. Retrieved . nlb.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . nlb.org.uk. Retrieved . nlb.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . nlb.org.uk. Retrieved . nlb.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . nlb.org.uk. Retrieved . nlb.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · Edward · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Shape → cylinder
    Has part(s) of the class → balcony, lighthouse keeper's house
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