The Lighthouse Incident 1801

The lighthouse s story was presented in the 2006 bbc television programme coast series 1 episode bristol to cardigan bay.

The lighthouse incident 1801.

With several books to my name including a 1 seller i also write environmental travel and history articles for magazines as well as freelance work. Thomas griffith and thomas howell were two men who were hired to keep a lighthouse at least 20 miles from land and 25 miles from the nearest inhabited part of wales. The lighthouse stood an 1861 replacement still stands on an islet near the tip of a remote peninsula in pembrokeshire wales. Smalls lighthouse is important in the history of navigation.

The lighthouse is based on the true story of the smalls lighthouse incident that took place in 1801. A quarter of a century later an incident occurred which will be talked about for centuries to come the tale of one man who did not survive the elements and of another who barely did. It was the first lighthouse in the country to have a flushing toilet installed. 25 miles off the coat of pembrokeshire in wales on a tiny slither of land called the smalls stands a lighthouse steeped in dark history the lighthouse which is there today was built in 1861 to replace the original building which was erected in 1777.

In 1801 the already aging. About stephen liddell i am a writer and traveller with a penchant for history and getting off the beaten track. In 1801 thomas howell and thomas griffith are stationed at smalls island lighthouse to man the lighthouse 25 miles from land in the irish sea. For the purpose of shooting the lighthouse they built an entire functioning lighthouse complete with an actual light.

An incident at smalls lighthouse changed the way british lighthouses were manned the original smalls lighthouse was erected in 1775 76 designed by a liverpool manufacturer of musical instruments. After a storm strands the men they begin developing cabin fever and slowly lose their minds.