Dreswick Point

Dreswick Point is the southernmost point of the main island of the Isle of Man. It is the southern tip of the Langness Peninsula in the south-east of the island, some 2+1⁄2 miles (4.0 km) from Castletown.

Dreswick Point
Aerial view of the point and lighthouse
Dreswick Point Location within the Isle of Man
Crown dependency	Isle of Man
List of places Isle of Man 54.053889°N 4.625°W / 54.053889; -4.625

Langness Lighthouse

Langness Lighthouse

Langness Lighthouse in 2007
Location	Dreswick Point, Langness Peninsula Isle of Man
Coordinates	54.054878°N 4.625078°W / 54.054878; -4.625078
Tower
Constructed	1880
Construction	masonry tower
Automated	1996
Height	19 metres (62 ft)
Shape	cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markings	white tower, black lantern
Operator	Langness Lighthouse Cottage[1]
Heritage	registered building
Light
Focal height	23 metres (75 ft)
Lens	twin 300 mm lens
Range	12 nmi (22 km; 14 mi)
Characteristic	Fl (2) W 30s.

Langness Lighthouse was established in 1880 to guide boats into Castletown. The lighthouse keeper's cottages were formerly owned by TV car journalist Jeremy Clarkson, who featured the lighthouse in an episode of Top Gear (series 07, Episode 1). Before this time, a landmark known as the Herring Tower held a lighted flare to guide fishing boats. The lighthouse is a Registered Building.

The Potato Grave

Near the lighthouse is a turf covered mound, known as the potato grave.^[2] In 1832 a ship carrying Irish workers to the Isle of Man to help with the digging of potatoes was lost with all hands and over the intervening days the bodies of those who perished were washed ashore. At this time on the Isle of Man it was customary bury the bodies of people washed ashore behind a hedge in the place it had been found, and so a communal grave was dug and all 32 bodies placed within it.^[3]

No stone marks the resting place of these souls, their only memorial is a turf covered mound.^[4]

See also

• List of lighthouses in the Isle of Man