The Isle of Man is right in the middle of England (it seems, if you look at a map), and it's about the same distance away from Ireland, England, and Scotland, but it's not part of any of them. Except that if you live there you have British citizenship, but your island is a self-governing nation. It also has a very strange flag.
Because it's right in the middle of the Irish Sea, it also has several lighthouses. Several of them still work; the one I'm featuring here doesn't. Actually, in this one location, there are four lighthouses, three on a small island off of the Isle of Man named Calf of Man, and the fourth on the actual hazard to navigation, Chicken Rock, which I'm contemplating featuring next week.
Here's where it is. Zoom in to see where it is situated on the Calf of Man.
The Lighthouse Directory tells us about it.
"1819 (Robert Stevenson). Inactive since 1875. Approx. 15 m (50 ft) round cylindrical stone tower with lantern and gallery, connected by a covered walway to a 2-story stone keeper's house. The keeper's house continued in service until 1912 but is now in poor condition. ... The two 1818 lighthouses were deactivated in favor of the Chicken Rock Light in 1875. Although they are very sturdily built they are now endangered by long abandonment."
Pictures and a video below - the lighthouses are at the end of the video. Chicken Rock Lighthouse is visible in the distance in the third picture.
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