Casquets lighthouses Casquets lighthouses Casquets Lighthouse is an active lighthouse located on the rocky Les Casquets, Alderney, Channel Islands. Casquets Lighthouse is the latest in a series of three lights on Les Casquets. The first lighthouses started operation on 30 October 1724, and were three towers lit by coal fires called St Peter, St Thomas and the Dungeon. Three stone towers were built to give the lights a distinctive appearance which would not be confused with lighthouses in nearby France. They were built by Thomas Le Cocq, owner of the rocks, under license from Trinity House and who was paid a halfpenny
Lighthouses on the Isle of Arran Lighthouses on the Isle of Arran Three lighthouses can be found around the shores of the island of Arran in the Firth of Clyde. One is located on the Isle of Pladda in the South and the other two can be found on Holy Isle in Lamlash Bay to the East of Arran. All three are still in service and maintained by the Northern Lighthouse Board. They are now fully automatic since the electrification of both lighthouses on Holy Isle in 1977. Until up to the appointment of the Commissioners of the Northern Lighthouses (later Northern Lighthouse Board) by royal