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Longstone Lighthouse is an active 19th century lighthouse on Longstone Rock in the outer group of the Farne Islands off the Northumberland Coast, England. Completed in 1826, it was originally called the Outer Farne Lighthouse , [ 1 ] and complemented the earlier Inner Farne Lighthouse .
The Farne Islands are associated with the story of Grace Darling and the wreck of the Forfarshire.Grace Darling was the daughter of Longstone lighthouse-keeper (one of the islands' lighthouses), William Darling, and on 7 September 1838, when she was aged 22, with her father she rescued nine people from the wreck of the Forfarshire in a strong gale and thick fog, the vessel having run aground ...
Longstone Lighthouse: Farne Islands 55°38′38″N 1°36′39″W [37] Northumberland ... Brownsman Lighthouse: Farne Islands 55°38′3″N 1°37′32″W [81 ...
The other lighthouse on the island (Farne Low Lighthouse) was an octagonal tower, 8 m (26 ft) tall, placed 150 m (490 ft) away from the first, close to the north-west tip of the island. It served to warn shipping of the Megstone, an isolated rocky island lying (in line with the two lights) just under a mile away to the north-west. [ 8 ]
Rangers said they are hopeful the islands are clear of bird flu but warn that 2024 still looks likely to be a challenging year for other seabirds.
Grace Darling was born on 24 November 1815 at her grandfather's house in Northumberland. She was the seventh of nine children (four brothers and four sisters) born to William and Thomasin Darling, and when only a few weeks old, she was taken to live on Brownsman Island, one of the Farne Islands, in a
Longstone, Isles of Scilly, a place in the Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, England; Longstone, Somerset, a location in England; Longstone, St Ives, a location in Cornwall, England; Great Longstone and Little Longstone, two villages in Derbyshire, England; Longstone Lighthouse, a lighthouse on Longstone Rock, Farne Islands, Northumberland, England
National Trust rangers carried out the first full count of the seabird species since 2019 after the pandemic and bird flu disrupted conservation work.