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Skellig

Chance Brothers 3rd-order revolving optic and pedestal (1909) at Skellig Michael, Ireland, replacing 1826 fixed catoptric lights; still in use today after a 2001 solar conversion.

At a glance

Manufacture date
1909
Lens order
3rd order
Lens type
Revolving

Source Evidence

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Attribution

"Skellig" · LUX-ASSET-000051 · © LUX143 · Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International · https://light.lux143.org/heritage-assets/LUX-ASSET-000051/

Citation

LUX Light Archive, Heritage asset: "Skellig", LUX-ASSET-000051, https://light.lux143.org/heritage-assets/LUX-ASSET-000051/, accessed 2026-08-10, archive v0.24.362.