Mew Island Lighthouse, Down

Mew Island Lighthouse is a late 19th-century lighthouse on Mew Island, County Down. It is within the townland of Mew Island, in the civil parish of Bangor. The lighthouse was built 1882-84, to a design by William Douglass. The lighthouse is the most recent in a series of lighthouses that have been built in the Copeland Islands to guide shipping around the archipelago and into Belfast Lough. The lighthouse cis within the council area of Ards and North Down.
Historic Buildings Ref: HB24/06/034

Primary Name(s): Mew Island Lighthouse
Place Type: Historic Lighthouse
Historic County: Down
Island: Mew Island
Lat, Long: 54.698484,-5.51396
Grid Reference: J 6032 8621
Townland: Mew Island TD
Civil Parish: Bangor CP
Council Area: Ards and North Down CA
Police Area: Northern Ireland PA
Devolved Legislature: Northern Ireland Assembly
GBPN ID: GBPN333225

GBPN URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Mew_Island_Lighthouse,_Down_333225

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