Phare de l'Île Wrac'h, Lighthouse on Wrac'h Island in Plouguerneau, France.
The Phare de l'Île Wrac'h is a 14.7-metre white granite tower with a red lantern, attached to a small keeper's house with green shutters and a grey pitched roof. A black solar panel array sits below the gallery, and the buildings stand on a grassy bank above a rocky shoreline on the island's south side.
A simple pyramid marker dating to 1769 was replaced by the stone tower in 1845 to better guide ships through perilous waters. The new structure significantly improved safety at the entrance of the Aber Wrac'h channel where reefs posed constant danger.
Since 2006 an association from the Abers country has used the former keeper's quarters for exhibitions and events, open to visitors only at the hours when the island can be reached on foot at low tide. The ground-floor room, once the main living space, now serves as an exhibition hall with windows onto the aber and its islands.
The island can be reached on foot from Saint Cava beach during a window of three hours before and after low tide. Plan your visit around these tidal periods to ensure safe passage to and from the site.
The tower stands on a 2,563 m² plot whose north side held a kitchen garden that fed the keepers, while a sloping garden runs down to a slipway on the Aber Wrac'h, usable by boat at high tide. The light shows three red flashes every seven seconds and reaches 7 nautical miles.
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