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Name: Braunton Sands Light  

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Also known as: Crow Point Light

Also known as: Braunton Sands Low Light

Nearest Town or City:
Instow, , United Kingdom

Location: Entrance to River Taw, southwest England.


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Photo: Courtesy of Michel Forand
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Managing Organization:
Trinity House

Website: http://www.trinityhouse.co.uk

Tower Height: 25

Height of Focal Plane: 27

Characteristic and Range: Flash every 5 seconds with white and red sectors.

Description of Tower: White, square pyramidal steel skeletal tower, no lantern.

This light is operational

Earlier Towers?
1820: High and low lighthouses; the low light was an octagonal wooden tower mounted on a keeper's house.

Date Established: 1820

Date Present Tower Built: c. 1957

Current Use: Active aid to navigation.

Open To Public? Grounds only.


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