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Puffin Island Lighthouse (Former, no longer extant)

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NPRN518936
Map ReferenceSH68SW
Grid ReferenceSH6446081430
Unitary (Local) AuthorityIsle of Anglesey
Old CountyAnglesey
CommunityLlangoed
Type Of SiteLIGHTHOUSE
PeriodPost Medieval
Description
1. A tower surmounted by a lamp and a platform is shown on a chart dating to 1835. The depiction appears to show that the tower painted in two colours. There is a rectangular enclosure abutting to the southwest adjacent to a track way leading to southwestern end of the island.

Sources include:
Historic Admiralty Chart 1170-A4, RCAHMW Digital Collections sourced from UK Hydrographic Office (published 1839)

Maritime Officer, RCAHMW, October 2011.

2. Note that the extant lighthouse is recorded separately under NPRN 308191.

RCAHMW 2019