The Fastnet Lighthouse, Co. Cork, Ireland


  • Photographer
    Peter Cox
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Company/Studios
    Peter Cox Photography
  • Date of Photograph
    June 2010

The finest lighthouse on the Irish coast, the Fastnet stands proud on an unusually calm fine Summer's evening. A granite tower constructed of interlocking blocks, it's a virtual monolith which presents itself like the bow of a ship to the incoming Atlantic swells, dissipating their energy before they reach peak force. So effective is the design and construction that it has survived the worst the Atlantic can throw at it for over a century with nary a scratch. In 1985, it was struck by a 48m rogue wave (the same height as the focal plane of the lantern). This stove in the glass of the lantern room and overturned the vat of mercury on which the lantern turns, but the structure took no other damage.

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