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Name: Pointe de Penmarc'h Light (old)  

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Nearest Town or City:
Penmarc'h, , France

Location: Western Brittany, Pays Bigouden.


Click to enlarge: Photo   
Photo: Ronald Wöhrn

Tower Height: 135

Height of Focal Plane: 144

Description of Tower: Conical stone tower.

This light is not operational

Earlier Towers?
1831: Light on church tower.

Date Present Tower Built: 1835

Date Deactivated: 1897

Current Use: Historic site.

Open To Public? Grounds only.

Museum?
The keeper’s house here is now a maritime museum called the Centre de Découverte Maritime.


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