page_title: Marcross
section_title: Nash Point Lighthouse
hierarchical_section_title: Marcross / Nash Point Lighthouse
caption_attribution_description: English: Short Tower, Keepers Cottages, Fog Horn House &amp; Lighthouse at Nash Point
context_page_description: Marcross is a small village in the rural community of St Donats in the Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales. It consists of a public house and a few scattered houses, farms, and a small medieval church in the centre of the village.
context_section_description: Nash Point Lighthouse is a Grade II listed building  and was the last manned lighthouse in Wales; the last keepers leaving on 5 August 1998. The lighthouse's automatic operation is monitored by Trinity House's control centre at Harwich in Essex. The station was built between 1831 and 1832. of blue lias stone winched up from the beach below. The foundations for both the low and high towers were laid in October 1831 with both of the towers being constructed at the same time.  Both towers went into operation on 1 September 1832.
  While the sands were a danger to all ships in the area, it appears that the accident involving a passenger ship, the Frolic, in March 1831, was the driving force behind the rapid construction and completion of the towers. The engineering chief was Joseph Nelson and both towers exhibited a light, giving a clear set of leading lights for vessels sailing eastwards up the Bristol Channel, guiding them through the narrow channel. between the rocky shore and the dangerous Nash Sands. During the 1920s the use of the low tower was discontinued and a red sector placed in the lamp of the east tower, shining red over the sandbank. The Keepers' cottages are now available for hire as holiday cottages and the lighthouse is regularly open to visitors during the summer season. The lighthouse itself is also a popular and unique venue for weddings.
caption: Lighthouse complex at Nash Point
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