From GibMap
This is the most southerly of
Trinity House Lighthouses, being the only one outside the United Kingdom. It stands 49 metres above the High Water mark at the southernmost end of the Rock. The foundation stone was laid by Governor
Sir Alexander Woodford on 26th April 1838 with the assistance of the
Masonic Order of Gibraltar, and was opened 1st August 1841, attracting over 2,000 onlookers from the surrounding countryside. It was fully automated in February 1994 and its loom can be seen over a distance of 37 kilometres.
