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 | crown_dependency         = Isle of Man
 | official_name            = Dreswick Point
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'''Dreswick Point''' is the southernmost point of the main island of the [[Isle of Man]]. It is the southern tip of the [[Langness Peninsula]] in the south-east of the island, some {{convert|2+1/2|mi|km}} from [[Castletown, Isle of Man|Castletown]].

==Langness Lighthouse==
{{Infobox lighthouse
| qid            = Q17155245
| name           = Langness Lighthouse
| image          = Langness Lighthouse - geograph.org.uk - 490648.jpg
| caption        = Langness Lighthouse in 2007
| location       = Dreswick Point, [[Langness Peninsula]]<br />[[Isle of Man]]
| coordinates    = {{coord|54.054878|N|4.625078|W}}
| yearbuilt      = 1880
| automated      = 1996
| construction   = masonry tower
| shape          = cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
| marking        = white tower, black lantern
| height         = {{convert|19|m|ft}}
| focalheight    = {{convert|23|m|ft}}
| lens           = twin 300 mm lens
| characteristic = Fl (2) W 30s.
| managingagent  = Langness Lighthouse Cottage<ref>{{cite rowlett|man|access-date=February 12, 2016}}</ref>
}}

Langness Lighthouse was established in 1880 to guide boats into Castletown. The lighthouse keeper's cottages were formerly owned by TV car journalist [[Jeremy Clarkson]], who featured the lighthouse in an episode of ''[[Top Gear (2002 TV series)|Top Gear]]'' (series 07, Episode 1). Before this time, a landmark known as the [[Langness herring tower|Herring Tower]] held a lighted flare to guide fishing boats. The lighthouse is a [[List of Registered Buildings of the Isle of Man|Registered Building]].

===The Potato Grave===
Near the lighthouse is a turf covered mound, known as the potato grave.<ref>Isle of Man Times, Friday, October 14, 1960; Page: 4</ref> In 1832 a ship carrying [[wikt:Irish|Irish]] workers to the Isle of Man to help with the digging of [[potatoes]] was lost with all hands and over the intervening days the bodies of those who perished were washed ashore. At this time on the Isle of Man it was customary bury the bodies of people washed ashore behind a hedge in the place it had been found, and so a [[communal grave]] was dug and all 32 bodies placed within it.<ref>Isle of Man Times, Friday, October 14, 1960; Page: 4</ref>

No stone marks the resting place of these souls, their only memorial is a turf covered mound.<ref>Isle of Man Times, Friday, October 14, 1960; Page: 4</ref>

==See also==
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* [[List of lighthouses in the Isle of Man]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.nlb.org.uk/LighthouseLibrary/Main/ Northern Lighthouses Board]
* [http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/maritime/lighthse/lt_lang.htm Langness Lighthouse]
* [http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/towns/castltwn/htower.htm Herring Tower]
* [http://www.dankarran.com/photography/isle-of-man/langness/ Photos of the Herring Tower] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708231125/http://www.dankarran.com/photography/isle-of-man/langness/ |date=8 July 2011 }}
* [http://www.manxscenes.com/Feb%2004/Herringtower.htm Photo of the Herring Tower]

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[[Category:Headlands of the Isle of Man]]
[[Category:Lighthouses in the Isle of Man]]
[[Category:Registered Buildings of the Isle of Man]]


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