Start Point Lighthouse Devon
Start Point Lighthouse which is one of many lighthouses run and maintained by Trinity House . All the lighthouses are automated and controlled from the HQ at Harwich in Essex.
The Master of Trinity House is HRH The Princess Royal, Princess Anne.
Trintity House runs and maintains all lighthouses in England and Wales.
Start point juts out on a long headland on the South Devon Coast. When the lighthouse was manned years ago , lighthouse keepers where literally swept off there feet here at times stepping out of the lighthouse accommodation in strong winds.
Start Point Lighthouse
Start Point Lighthouse , South Devon .
Start Point is one of the most exposed peninsulas on the English Coast, running sharply almost a mile into the sea on the South side of Start Bay near Dartmouth. The Lighthouse, sited at the very end of the headland, has guided vessels in passage along the English Channel for over 150 years.
Filmed with DJI Phantom Quadcopter , GoPro Hero3 Black Camera and a cheap no brand name brushless gimbal.
Filmed at 1080p , 60fps.
Very windy at the point .
The gimbal did extremely well to smooth out most of the buffeting.
Unfortunately the lighthouse was closed to visitors when I got there ( It was too early in the morning). I would have liked to get closer and to get some shots from the point.
Start Point lighthouse
A view of Start Point lighthouse and Start Bay, in Devon, England UK
Start Point Lighthouse Devon
Description
South West Coast Path, Hallsands to Start Point Lighthouse
One of several videos I shot during August on the South West Coast Path near Hallsands Village and Start Point Lighthouse in south Devon.
Dramatic coastline and stunning walks, wild in the winter and still fairly windy in the UK summer!
Start Point Lighthouse Devon
Start Point lighthouse was built in 1836 to protect shipping off Start Point in south Devon England. Open to the public in summer months, it is a grade II listed building owned and operated by Trinity House.
History
Construction
Start Point is one of twenty nine towers designed by James Walker. The lighthouse is in the gothic style, topped by a crenellated parapet. The main tower is built of tarred and white-painted granite ashlar with a cast-iron lantern roofed in copper. The tall circular tower is 28 metres (92 ft) high with a moulded plinth and pedestal stage and two diminishing stages above that. There are two entrances porches, on the north and south sides. The porch on the south side is blocked and has a 4-centred arch hoodmould, whilst the doorway to the north porch has a Tudor arch. Both have raised parapets with Trinity House arms.
The inside of the tower includes a cantilevered granite staircase around the inside well of the tower with an iron balustrade completed by a cast-iron newelan. The lighthouse originally had the keepers' living accommodation on the ground and first floors but this was removed in 1871 when new keepers' houses were built nearby. It has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II listed building.[1]
Changes since construction
Since its construction, in 1836, the lighthouse has undergone many changes. In 1862, a fog-signalling bell was added but this was quickly replaced by a siren in 1877. In 1989, the erosion of the coast caused part of the lighthouse complex, including the fog signal, to collapse. A lot of the area had to be leveled as a result and retaining walls put in place. Other buildings which were used by the lighthouse keepers, who originally could only get on or off the lighthouse by boat, such as the well[2] and piggery[3] have survived.
Work began on the automation of Start Point Lighthouse in August 1992 and was carried out by LEC Marine at a cost of £82,754. It was completed in early 1993. The station is now monitored and controlled from the Trinity House Operations Control Centre at Harwich in Essex via a telemetry link.
Optics
The lens is developed from the dioptic system designed by Alan Stevenson, the first of this kind to be used by Trinity House.[4] Two white lights were originally exhibited, one revolving and one fixed to mark the Skerries Bank. The fixed light was subsequently changed to a fixed red subsidiary light to mark this hazard. The light was powered by oil until 1959 when it was electrified. It uses a Fresnel lens.
Foghorn
Start Point, Devon
The light alone was found to be inadequate in fog, and a bell was installed in the 1860s. The machinery was housed in a small building on the cliff face and operated by a weight which fell in a tube running down the sheer cliff. A siren replaced the bell after only fifteen years.[4] When required the foghorn sounds once every 60 seconds.
References
Start Point Lighthouse. Images of England. Retrieved 2007-08-10.
Well House immediately North West of Start Point Lighthouse. Images of England. Retrieved 2007-08-10.
Piggery North North East of Start Point Lighthouse. Images of England. Retrieved 2007-08-10.
Start Point Lighthouse. Trinity House. Retrieved 2007-08-10.
External links
Start Point Lighthouse from Trinity House
Start Point Lighthouse from Lighthouse Depot
Start Point Lighthouse Devon
Flying away from Start Point Light House, May 2019
Start Point Lighthouse & Slapton Sands panorama Devon England UK
March 2015
Start Point Lighthouse
Just a quick video I made with some of the footage I shot while on holiday
Start Point, Devon, UK
Xiaomi mi drone, September 2017
START POINT LIGHTHOUSE
In Devon England-we stayed here for a week in late October 2013
M0UOK Working Start point lighthouse with VK7ROY
Lighthouses on the air weekend, speaking to Roy VK7ROY
The most beautiful coastline in Devon | Start Point
Shot using a drone and sony a6000
Having lived in Devon for a combined total of over 40 years we have explored all over and Start Point is one of our favourite places.
The coastal walk is stunning (especially in Spring when the bluebells are out) and offers panoramic views across the South Devon coast, including the beach at Slapton and Blackpool Sands.
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Clips of the South Hams including Start Point and Dartmouth.
Clips of the South Hams.
Hallsands, the lost village.
Hallsands is a village and beach in south Devon, England, in a precarious position between cliffs and the sea, between Beesands to the north and Start Point to the south.
The early history of Hallsands is unknown, but a chapel has existed there since at least 1506. The village was at a cave known as Poke Hole, and probably was not inhabited before 1600.[1] The village grew in size during the 18th and 19th centuries, and by 1891 it had 37 houses, a spring, a public house called the London Inn, and a population of 159. Most residents of Hallsands at that time depended on fishing for a living, particularly crab fishing on the nearby Skerries Bank.
On 26 January 1917, a combination of easterly gales and exceptionally high tides breached Hallsands' defences, and by the end of that year only one house remained habitable. The villagers' fight for compensation took seven years.
Seals at Start Point Devon.
This short video was made using a DJI Phantom quadcopter fitted with a Zemuse 2D gimbal and GoPro black Hi-Def camera,DJI osd mini display and Fat Shark Dominator goggles, the seals were so layed back they just looked up at the quadcopter as it hovered above them 25 - 30 ft,totally relaxed they went straight back to dozing on the rocks again unconcerned about being filmed.
Seals at Start Point, Devon.Can be seen at low tide from the coastal footpath,Sat Nav directions to a private pay car park TQ7 2ET, parking fee is a very reasonable rate £3 all day, Start Point Lighthouse is open to the public on certain days so well worth a visit, we found it easier walking the coastal footpath loop in a anti clockwise direction, stunning scenery with a chance to see the resident seals as they appear to be there most days,its easy to find their location as the footpath descends closer to the sea at their location, hope you enjoy watching my video.
The Slapton Evacuation
'The Evacuation' is a short extract from a 70 minute film in four sections which tells the story of a cluster of rural Devon villages where life is about to change drastically when preparations for war reach this relatively cut-off part of the country. Told in the words of seven local residents who were children at the time and mixing in photographs and previously unseen archive footage, the story starts with life before the war without electricity and piped water. Then one day the talk in the local village shop is of the area needing to be evacuated for military exercises, preparations for D-Day. The production was put together by local film-maker Ian Phillips and funded by the Slapton Line Partnership, South Devon AONB and The European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development : Europe investing in rural areas'.
The full film is shown regularly in the South Hams area, see press for details. If you would like to put a local showing of the film on please contact alan.denbigh@slaptonline.org