Corsewall Lighthouse
Corsewall Lighthouse is a lighthouse at Corsewall Point, Kirkcolm near Stranraer in the region of Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland. First lit in 1817, it overlooks the North Channel of the Irish Sea. Corsewall is defined as the place or well of the Cross.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Mary and Angus Hogg, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kirkcolm and Cairnryan.
Kirkcolm
Village
Photo: Ann Cook, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kirkcolm is a village and civil parish on the northern tip of the Rhinns of Galloway peninsula, south-west Scotland. It is in Dumfries and Galloway, and is part of the former county of Wigtownshire. Kirkcolm is situated 4 miles southeast of Corsewall Lighthouse.
Cairnryan
Village
Photo: Andrew Hill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cairnryan is a village in the historical county of Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It lies on the eastern shore of Loch Ryan, six miles north of Stranraer and 81 miles southwest of Glasgow. Cairnryan is situated 6 miles southeast of Corsewall Lighthouse.
Leswalt
Village
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Leswalt is a village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. It lies between Portpatrick and Stranraer in the Rhins of Galloway, part of the traditional county of Wigtownshire. The parish covers around 8 square miles. Leswalt is situated 6 miles southeast of Corsewall Lighthouse.
Corsewall Lighthouse
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse at Corsewall Point, Kirkcolm near Stranraer in the region of Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.00708° or 55° 0′ 26″ northLongitude
-5.1595° or 5° 9′ 34″ westElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Inception
~1817Open location code
9C7P2R4R+R5OpenStreetMap ID
node 11110362622OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseGeoNames ID
11128300Wikidata ID
Q5173151
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Corsewall Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “منارة كورسوال”
- Chinese: “科西沃爾燈塔”
- French: “phare de Corsewall”
- French: “Phare de Corsewall”
- German: “Corsewall Lighthouse”
- Malayalam: “കോർസ്വാൾ ലൈറ്റ്ഹൗസ്”
- Polish: “Latarnia morska Corsewall”
- Swedish: “Corsewall fyr”
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