Qualla: Bardsey Lighthouse https://qualla.com/bardsey-lighthouse en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:13 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Bardsey Lighthouse https://qualla.com/bardsey-lighthouse Bardsey Lighthouse: Introduction https://qualla.com/bardsey-lighthouse/ Almost every lighthouse in Britain is round. Bardsey is not. The tower at the southern tip of this Welsh holy island is square in plan - one of only two such Trinity House lighthouses of its era - and it is painted in dramatic red and white horizontal bands that you can see for miles in clear weather. It was built in 1821 by Joseph Nelson at a cost of £5,470 12s 6d, plus another £2,950 16s 7d for the lantern. That is roughly £8,000 in old money - a substantial sum at the time, but a small price for the ships it saved.

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]]> Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/k/s/bardsey-lighthouse-wp/gcks-bardsey-lighthouse-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Bardsey Lighthouse: Why Square https://qualla.com/bardsey-lighthouse/ Joseph Nelson was the engineer and builder of Bardsey Light, but the design carries the stylistic fingerprints of Daniel Alexander, who had succeeded Samuel Wyatt as consulting engineer to Trinity House and under whom Nelson served. You can see Alexander's influence in the heavy ...

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]]> Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/k/s/bardsey-lighthouse-wp/gcks-bardsey-lighthouse-why-square.mp3 0:06 2 full Bardsey Lighthouse: The Stone and the Light https://qualla.com/bardsey-lighthouse/ The tower is built of ashlar limestone, unplastered inside and out, painted in those distinctive red and white bands on the outside. It is 30 metres high - about 100 feet. The plinth at ground level forms a square 7.6 metres across, narrowing to 6.1 metres at the top of the plint...

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]]> Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/k/s/bardsey-lighthouse-wp/gcks-bardsey-lighthouse-the-stone-and-the-light.mp3 0:06 3 full Bardsey Lighthouse: The Birds https://qualla.com/bardsey-lighthouse/ There is one persistent problem. Bardsey sits squarely on a major migratory bird route, and lighthouses kill birds. The bright light at night confuses them. They fly toward it. They hit the tower or the glazing. Trinity House and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds have...

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]]> Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/k/s/bardsey-lighthouse-wp/gcks-bardsey-lighthouse-the-birds.mp3 0:06 4 full Bardsey Lighthouse: No Harbour, No Quay https://qualla.com/bardsey-lighthouse/ One more peculiarity. Bardsey Lighthouse is unusual in lacking any sort of harbour or quay facilities at its base. Most British lighthouses, especially the offshore ones, have some kind of small dock or hoisting equipment that allowed Trinity House launches to deliver supplies an...

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