Heritage asset
The Great Light / Mew Island hyper-radial optic component
Displays the Mew Island hyper-radial optic
See the evidence
- Reason code
- institution_displays_asset
- Evidence
- Accepted
- Path
- HERITAGE-REL-000042, HERITAGE-REL-000043
Heritage institution
The Great Light, Belfast
Public display site for the restored Mew Island hyper-radial optic in Belfast's Titanic Quarter.
Identity
Role in lighthouse heritage
Public display site for the restored Mew Island hyper-radial optic in Belfast's Titanic Quarter.
Institutional role is modeled separately from geographic location. Collection custody does not imply copyright over linked media.
Objects connected to this institution
- The Great Light / Mew Island hyper-radial optic componentDisplays the Mew Island hyper-radial optic
Role in journey
- Public heritage identityThe Great Light
Belfast is the current public display context where the restored Mew Island component is preserved and interpreted as The Great Light.
Lighthouse heritage displayed here
Each connection follows reviewed archive relations and evidence. Collection custody does not imply media rights.
Heritage Journey
The Great Light
Follow The Great Light Heritage Journey
See the evidence
- Reason code
- institution_connected_journey
- Evidence
- Accepted
- Path
- Journey membership
Follow the continuity
Cross-entity routes follow the same governed relations as entity pages, ordered as one readable path.
- Follow the object from lighthouse to museumThe Great Light — One Optic Became Two
Related Heritage Relationships
- Moved toThe Great Light / Mew Island hyper-radial optic component to The Great Light, Belfast2014 – 2015
- Displayed atThe Great Light / Mew Island hyper-radial optic component to The Great Light, Belfast2015
- Current locationThe Great Light / Mew Island hyper-radial optic component to The Great Light, Belfast2015
- Preserved atThe Great Light / Mew Island hyper-radial optic component to The Great Light, Belfast2015
- Same identity asThe Great Light / Mew Island hyper-radial optic component to The Great Light, Belfast2015
Map
Evidence and sources
- The Great LightPublic Display
Public display site for The Great Light in Belfast.
- European Route of Lighthouses - The Great LightTrusted Curated Source
Route record provides display-site metadata and coordinates used for the heritage place.
- Great Lighthouses of Ireland - The Great LightTrusted Curated Source
Curated Great Lighthouses of Ireland page identifies The Great Light visitor site and links it to the Tory Island and Mew Island optic history.
Rights & Attribution
Content License
Original editorial content on this page: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International. See Rights & Reuse.
Media Rights
No published media with documented rights on this record.
Attribution
"The Great Light, Belfast" · LUX-PLACE-000008 · © LUX143 · Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International · https://light.lux143.org/heritage-places/LUX-PLACE-000008/
Citation
LUX Light Archive, Lighthouse record: "The Great Light, Belfast", LUX-PLACE-000008, https://light.lux143.org/heritage-places/LUX-PLACE-000008/, accessed 2026-08-10, archive v0.24.362.