Fluidr / *alemap*dot*m's "2024 Ireland" set

Baltimore Beacon - West Cork

A Canon EOS 90D — 1/250s ƒ/6.3 ISO 100 at 24 mm

N 44 B 244 C 1 E Oct 3, 2024 F Oct 23, 2024

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The structure is approximately 50 feet (15 m) high and 15 feet (4.6 m) in diameter at the base, and is situated on the top of a cliff, itself 160 feet (49 m) in height. It is built of rubble stone into a tapered conical shape with a red-painted spherical metal finish on the top. It constitutes part of a series of lighthouses and beacons dotted around the Irish coast to assist in marine navigation.

The beacon is locally known as "Lot's Wife", after the Biblical woman turned into a pillar of salt. The beacon has become a recognizable part of Baltimore's landscape, and one of the area's defining landmarks.

Worth the climb, for the view!