Corsewall Lighthouse

Summary

Corsewall Lighthouse is a lighthouse^[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of lighthouse entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (66 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Corsewall Lighthouse is located in Dumfries and Galloway^[3].
• Corsewall Lighthouse is located in Kirkcolm^[4].
• Corsewall Lighthouse is in the country of United Kingdom^[5].
• Corsewall Lighthouse's instance of is recorded as lighthouse^[6].
• Corsewall Lighthouse is operated by Northern Lighthouse Board^[7].
• Corsewall Lighthouse is made of masonry^[8].
• Corsewall Lighthouse's main building contractor is recorded as Robert Stevenson^[9].
• Corsewall Lighthouse's Commons category is recorded as Corsewall Lighthouse^[10].
• Corsewall Lighthouse's color is recorded as white^[11].
• Corsewall Lighthouse's color is recorded as black^[12].
• Corsewall Lighthouse's color is recorded as ochre^[13].
• 1816 marks the founding of Corsewall Lighthouse^[14].
• Corsewall Lighthouse's OS grid reference is recorded as NW9807572614^[15].
• Corsewall Lighthouse's source of energy is recorded as mains electricity^[16].
• Corsewall Lighthouse's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 55.007, 'lon': -5.159166666666667}^[17].
• Corsewall Lighthouse's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Corsewall Point^[18].
• Corsewall Lighthouse's service entry is recorded as 1817^[19].
• Corsewall Lighthouse's significant event is recorded as automatization^[20].
• Corsewall Lighthouse's light characteristic is recorded as Fl(5) W 30s^[21].
• Corsewall Lighthouse's described by source is recorded as Ordnance Survey name book^[22].
• Corsewall Lighthouse's shape is recorded as cylinder^[23].
• Corsewall Lighthouse's heritage designation is recorded as category A listed building^[24].
• Corsewall Lighthouse's height is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+34'}^[25].
• Corsewall Lighthouse's has part is recorded as balcony^[26].
• Corsewall Lighthouse's has part is recorded as lighthouse keeper's house^[27].

Body

Geography

Corsewall Lighthouse is in the country of United Kingdom^[5]. Located in include Dumfries and Galloway^[3], a council area^[28], in United Kingdom^[29], founded in 1975^[30] and Kirkcolm^[4], a civil parish^[31], in United Kingdom^[32].

Designation and Status

Corsewall Lighthouse's instance of is recorded as lighthouse^[6]. Its heritage designation is recorded as category A listed building^[24].

History and Context

1816 marks the founding of Corsewall Lighthouse^[14].

Why It Matters

Corsewall Lighthouse ranks in the top 6% of lighthouse entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (66 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33]