Full Report for Listed Buildings


The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.

Summary Description


Reference Number
24435
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
27/11/2000  
Date of Amendment
27/11/2000  
Name of Property
Pilot beacon (N)  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Isle of Anglesey  
Community
Cylch-y-Garn  
Town
 
Locality
Carmel Head  
Easting
229802  
Northing
392836  
Street Side
 
Location
In an isolated rural location overlooking the coast at Carmel Head. The N beacon is sited c220m NE of the other land based beacon and the 2 are aligned with the 3rd beacon, located on the islet of West Mouse (Maen y Bugael).  

Description


Broad Class
Maritime  
Period
 

History
Early C19 pilot beacon, erected by Trinity House in the 1830s. One of a pair erected at Carmel Head, used in conjunction with a beacon on West Mouse (Maen y Bugael) and the lighthouse at the Skerries as an aid to navigation into the harbour at Holyhead.  

Exterior
Tall navigation marker, c10m high and 5.5m wide; built of rubble masonry, mortared, the front 'face' once heavily limewashed. Comprises raking slab angled slightly to the rear against a raking buttress. The raking buttress has a rounded head and front face has stone capping; the front face of the raking slab is set in alignment with the other 2 beacons.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Listed as a well-preserved early C19 pilot beacon or navigation marker, part of a navigational system including the lighthouse at The Skerries and other pilot beacons along the north Anglesey coast at Carmel Head.  

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