Blacksod Lighthouse
Blacksod in 2015 | |
| Location | Mullet Peninsula, Blacksod Point, County Mayo, Ireland |
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| Coordinates | 54°05′55″N 10°03′37″W / 54.0985°N 10.0604°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1864 |
| Construction | granite (tower) |
| Automated | 1999 |
| Height | 12 m (39 ft) |
| Shape | tower rising from a 2-story keeper's house |
| Markings | unpainted (house), white (lantern) |
| Operator | Commissioners of Irish Lights |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1864 |
| Focal height | 13 m (43 ft) |
| Range | 12 nmi (22 km; 14 mi) (white), 9 nmi (17 km; 10 mi) (red) |
| Characteristic | Fl(2) WR 7.5s |
| Ireland no. | CIL-1870 |
Blacksod Lighthouse (Gaelic: Fód Dubh) is a lighthouse at the southern end of the Mullet Peninsula, Erris, County Mayo, at the entrance to Blacksod Bay. It is made of local granite blocks, which are believed to have come from Termon Hill, a nearby isolated outcrop of high-quality granite.
The keeper's house is a two-storey square building. It is occupied by a resident lighthouse keeper who is also responsible for Blackrock Lighthouse. Blacksod is of unusual design for a lighthouse, being an unpainted square block of a building with only a small conical lantern section on top, which is painted white.