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Skokholm Lighthouse is a lighthouse found on the small Welsh island of Skokholm, just off the south-west coast of Pembrokeshire. Skokholm island, a Site of Special Scientific Interest, is owned and managed by the Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales. The site of the United Kingdom's first bird observatory, a great variety of birds can be found on what today is an uninhabited island. The present lighthouse was constructed in 1861, although a previous lighthouse had been erected in 1776. Forming a triangle of lights with South Bishop and the Smalls to protect shipping moving into and out of Milford Haven and the Bristol Channel, the lighthouse shines . Construction of the present lighthouse was only enabled after the construction of a new jetty. This enabled building materials to be landed, which were then moved to the site using a narrow gauge railway, initially powered by a donkey, then a pony, and finally a tractor. Once in operation, relief was provided by boat from Holyhead. Automated in 1983, it is now monitored and controlled from the Trinity House Operations Control Centre at Harwich in Essex. ==See also== *Trinity House 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Skokholm Lighthouse」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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