Langness Lighthouse / Herring Tower

 

Langness Lighthouse was established in 1880 to guide boats into Castletown and is currently Automated and the surrounding cottages are holiday homes. Before this time, a landmark known as the Herring Tower held a lighted flare to guide fishing boats home.

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The Herring Tower is situated on the Langness Peninsula in the south of the Isle of Man. It was built by Thomas Brine in 1823. The Tower was built as a daymark and was based on the style of the Tower of Peel Castle. Since 1991 the Herring Tower has been protected as a registered building.