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
24436
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
27/11/2000
Date of Amendment
27/11/2000
Name of Property
Pilot beacon on West Mouse (Maen y Bugael)
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Isle of Anglesey
Community
Cylch-y-Garn
Town
Locality
Carmel Head
Easting
230331
Northing
394229
Street Side
Location
In an isolated location, erected on the islet of West Mouse (Maen y Bugael); located c1.2km off Carmel Head at the NW corner of Anglesey. Aligns with the 2 land based beacons at Carmel Head.
Description
Broad Class
Maritime
Period
History
Early C19 pilot beacon; probably built in conjunction with the 2 land based beacons erected by Trinity House in the 1830s at Carmel Head.
Exterior
Tall tapering tower, c10m high, built of stone and heavily limewashed; surmounted by large spherical cap.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a well-preserved early C19 pilot beacon or navigation marker, which forms an important visual group, 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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