Heritage Place

Baring Head Lighthouse

Baring Head lighthouse site southeast of Pencarrow Head, modeled as the 1935 replacement for Pencarrow’s main approach-light role.

Place Summary

Place ID: LUX-PLACE-000017
Type: historical location
Description: Baring Head lighthouse site southeast of Pencarrow Head, modeled as the 1935 replacement for Pencarrow’s main approach-light role.
Aliases: Baring Head
Coordinates: -41.408, 174.871
Precision: approximate-story-coordinate
Confidence: medium
Status: reviewed
Review: accepted
Notes: Approximate coordinates for Story map context; add Maritime NZ source before expanding as a standalone record.

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Heritage Journey

The first permanent light that became a heritage signal

Stop 3 of 3 on Pencarrow Head.

Replacement approach lightPencarrow Head
Baring Head marks the moment when the main navigational function moved away from the first permanent lighthouse.

Each connection follows reviewed archive relations and evidence. Physical structure, station identity, and navigational function are kept distinct.

Heritage place

Pencarrow Head previously served as the main approach light before Baring Head

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Reason code: lighthouse_predecessor
Identity layer: Navigational function
Evidence: Accepted
Path: HERITAGE-REL-000109
Identity distinction: Functional predecessor only; Baring Head is a separate station that assumed the approach-light role.

Heritage Journey

Follow the Pencarrow Head Heritage Journey for the full station context

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Reason code: lighthouse_connected_journey
Identity layer: Heritage identity
Evidence: Accepted
Path: Journey membership
Identity distinction: Journey documents the 1935 function transfer and earlier station history.

Cross-entity routes follow the same governed relations as entity pages, ordered as one readable path.

Trace the transfer of navigational functionPencarrow to Baring Head — Function Outlives Structure

Navigation function transferred toPencarrow Head Lighthouse Chance Brothers lens to Baring Head Lighthouse1935
CommissionedBaring Head Lighthouse to Baring Head Lighthouse1935

NZHistory - The lighthouse and its surroundingsOfficial History
Manatū Taonga records the 1858 arrival and hauling of the lighthouse packages, first lighting on 1 January 1859, fog-signal additions, Lower Pencarrow in 1906, Baring Head in 1935, and heritage transfer/restoration context.