| SUMMER 1962. |
| THE BWCH HEAD BEACON. |
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| PLEASE QUOTE REF: lead085 |
| Photograph by J/Sig. Badrick, `C' Coy. |
| by Mr. J. PARRY |
| Every Junior Leader, within a day or two of his arrival at Tonfanau, must have cast his eye on the hill-top overlooking the camp and noticed the white structure on top of "Beacon Hill". This is a white pole beacon with a diamond shaped top mark. This structure, thirty seven feet tall, was erected by the Corporation of Trinity House as a guide to mariners using Cardigan Bay. The beacon overlooks seaward the Sarn-y-Bwch shoal, which is composed of large loose stones. It dries in patches for a distance of one mile and for the remaining two miles seaward, depths of less than three fathoms are recorded. About a quarter of a mile at the extremity of the reef there is moored a black conical buoy, with two globes on top, marked "Bwch". The predominant value of the beacon to shipping is that if the Bwch Buoy is washed away in heavy gales, the Bwch Beacon still stands as a day mark. |
| In 1950, in the interests of economy, Trinity House had given notice that the Beacon would be demolished owing, I suppose, to the decline of inshore navigation in Cardigan Bay, but owing to the strong efforts of a Towyn resident, the order was rescinded, and today the Beacon stands, freshly painted and as conspicuous as it first did in 1850, for all to see. |
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