Dreswick Point
Aerial view of the point and lighthouse
Dreswick Point is located in Isle of Man
Dreswick Point
Dreswick Point
Location within the Isle of Man
Crown dependencyIsle of Man

Dreswick Point is the southernmost point of the main island of the Isle of Man. It is the southern tip of the Langness Peninsula in the south-east of the island, some 2+1⁄2 miles (4.0 km) from Castletown.

Langness Lighthouse

Langness Lighthouse
Langness Lighthouse in 2007
LocationDreswick Point, Langness Peninsula
Isle of Man
Coordinates54°03′18″N 4°37′30″W / 54.054878°N 4.625078°W / 54.054878; -4.625078
Tower
Constructed1880
Constructionmasonry tower
Automated1996
Height19 metres (62 ft)
Shapecylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markingswhite tower, black lantern
OperatorLangness Lighthouse Cottage[1]
Heritageregistered building Edit this on Wikidata
Light
Focal height23 metres (75 ft)
Lenstwin 300 mm lens
Range12 nmi (22 km; 14 mi) Edit this on Wikidata
CharacteristicFl (2) W 30s.

Langness Lighthouse was established in 1880 to guide boats into Castletown. The lighthouse keeper's cottages were formerly owned by TV car journalist Jeremy Clarkson, who featured the lighthouse in an episode of Top Gear (series 07, Episode 1). Before this time, a landmark known as the Herring Tower held a lighted flare to guide fishing boats. The lighthouse is a Registered Building.

The Potato Grave

Near the lighthouse is a turf covered mound, known as the potato grave.[2] In 1832 a ship carrying Irish workers to the Isle of Man to help with the digging of potatoes was lost with all hands and over the intervening days the bodies of those who perished were washed ashore. At this time on the Isle of Man it was customary bury the bodies of people washed ashore behind a hedge in the place it had been found, and so a communal grave was dug and all 32 bodies placed within it.[3]

No stone marks the resting place of these souls, their only memorial is a turf covered mound.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the Isle of Man". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  2. ↑ Isle of Man Times, Friday, October 14, 1960; Page: 4
  3. ↑ Isle of Man Times, Friday, October 14, 1960; Page: 4
  4. ↑ Isle of Man Times, Friday, October 14, 1960; Page: 4


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