Ragged Point Lighthouse, Historical lighthouse in Saint Philip, Barbados.
Ragged Point Lighthouse is a cylindrical white tower with a black lantern house standing at the easternmost point of Barbados. The structure sits on a limestone cliff and serves as a navigation marker for Caribbean waters.
The tower was constructed in 1875 from limestone to aid shipping along the eastern coast. Since then it has guided vessels safely through the waters off this point.
The lighthouse was restored in 2018 as a tourist attraction, and the abandoned keepers' quarters and technical buildings stand in ruins beside it. Visitors reach the site near Ragged Point village in Saint Philip parish, at the island's easternmost point.
The lighthouse stands on a cliff about 2 km north-west of the island's eastern tip, near Ragged Point village in Saint Philip. The keeper's quarters and technical buildings around it are abandoned and in ruins, so the ground is uneven. The tower was restored in 2018 as a tourist attraction.
The lighthouse was taken out of service temporarily in 2007, then reactivated in 2011 with a continuous red light. Its keeper's quarters and other technical buildings stand abandoned and in ruins beside the tower, and the structure was restored in 2018 as a tourist attraction.
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