Continuing the August visit for lighthouses to Jamaica, the next lighthouse we'll see is Folly Point. If you travel up the coast from Morant Point, past Long Bay and Boston Bay, you will get to Port Antonio, a small town on the coast. Folly Point is just to the north of it. The Blue Mountains are still to the west and lie south of the coast.
The Lighthouse Directory tell us this about Folly Point:
1888. Active; focal plane 16 m (53 ft); white light, 2 s on, 8 s off. 15 m (49 ft) round brick tower with lantern and gallery, painted with orange-red and white bands; solar-powered lens. The lighthouse is close to the Folly Ruins, a collapsing mansion built by American millionaires in 1905. Located at the end of the Folly Peninsula on the east side of the East Harbor of Port Antonio. Site open, tower closed."
It's a pretty one.
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