Longstone Lighthouse
Also known as: Longstone Lighthouse
Trinity House tower (1826) on Longstone Rock, Farne Islands. Site of Grace Darling's 1838 Forfarshire rescue. Automated 1990, remotely monitored from Harwich.
Approved text-only public record. Media rights remain governed separately.
No public image is available for this record.
Published as a public-ready text record; documentary media remains under attribution review.
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At a glance
Place
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- Farne Islands / Northumberland
- Locality
- Not recorded
- Water area
- Not recorded
- Coordinate source
- Trinity House Notice to Mariners 26/15; published 55°38.623'N 001°36.653'W
Identity
- LUX ID
- LUX-LH-000537
- Review status
- approved
- Object kind
- Lighthouse
- Mobility
- fixed
Structure
- Status
- Not recorded
- Construction date
- Not recorded
- Tower height
- Not recorded
- Tower form
- Not recorded
- Material
- Not recorded
- Daymark / colour scheme
- Not recorded
- Focal height
- Not recorded
- Light height
- Not recorded
Signal
- Light characteristic
- Not recorded
- Light intensity
- Not recorded
- Light range
- Not recorded
- Light number
- Not recorded
- Operation
- Not recorded
- Legacy light IDs
- Not recorded
- Call sign
- Not recorded
- Lens / optics
- Not curated
Position
- Latitude
- 55.64372 Inherited archive field
- Longitude
- -1.61088 Inherited archive field
Light Signature
No accepted light signature claims yet.
Signal pattern, color, period, visibility, optics, and operating context appear here after field-level review.
Light signature JSON will appear here after review.
Names & naming history
- Longstone Lighthouse
Heritage identity & evidence
Identity
- LUX ID
LUX-LH-000537- Type
- Lighthouse
- Object kind
- Lighthouse
Review & coverage
External identifiers
No reviewed external identifiers yet.
Key source-backed claims
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Claim evidence
Latitude
Field support: Needs a reviewed field source
Archive value: Latitude: 55.64372, Longitude: -1.61088
No explicit field claims recorded for this field.
Technical details
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coordinates- field_support_status
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Key sources
4 active / 4 total in-archive source links. Full sources below
External Identity Graph
- LUX Light ArchiveLUX-LH-000537 Canonical LUX ID
Local identity anchor for the record and related claims.
- Source URLs4 active / 4 total in-record source links Record source URLs
record provenance · Record-level source URLs are listed in the source provenance section.
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Reconstructed state
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History and connections
Lifecycle summary
Coordinate roles
- structure position · Wikidata: Лонгстонский маяк (Q2752899)
Related places and objects
No reviewed continuity links yet.
Evidence and data
Coverage: curated-relations
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Lighthouse history (0 events)
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Geo timeline (1 points)
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- Longstone Lighthouse55.64372, -1.61088
Source Evidence
- Longstone Lighthouse - 1873 Chance optic historyReports that Longstone was improved in 1873 with a new optic by Chance Brothers of Smethwick.
- Longstone Lighthouse - Trinity HouseOfficial navigation-authority page confirms the Longstone lighthouse identity and operational history.
- Trinity House Notice to Mariners 26/15 - Farne IslandsOfficial Notice to Mariners publishes the exact Longstone Light coordinates used for this reviewed location.
- Longstone Lighthouse - Historic EnglandHistoric England corroborates the listed Longstone Lighthouse identity and National Grid Reference NU 24591 38983.
- Longstone Lighthouse - 1952 Chance optic historyReports that Longstone received a new unusual spectacle-design optic manufactured by Chance Brothers during the 1946-1952 upgrade.