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{{Infobox lighthouseislands
|name= Chicken Rock Lighthouse
|image_nameimage= Chicken-rock.jpg▼
|location= Offshore on Chicken Rock, just off the [[Isle of Man]]
|captionimage_caption= Chicken Rock lighthouse with passing cargo vessel▼
▲|image_name= Chicken-rock.jpg
|country=Isle of Man
▲|caption= Chicken Rock lighthouse with passing cargo vessel
|location=[[Irish Sea]]
|latd = 54 | latm = 02.271 | latNS = N
| area_ha=0.1
|longd = 4 | longm = 50.315 | longEW = W
|coordinates = {{coord|54.03785|-4.83858|display=inline,title}}
|coordinates_type = region:IM_type:isle
| map = Isle of Man
|coordinates_display = title
|coordinates_footnotes =
|yearlit= 1875
|yeardeactivated=
|automated= 1961
|intensity=
|characteristic = White flash every 5 Secs
|elevation= Sea Level
|range= {{convert|13|mi|km|0|abbr=on}}
|foundation=
|construction= Granite
|shape=
|height= 44 m (144 ft)
|lens=
}}
'''Chicken Rock''' ({{lang-gv|Carrick ny Kirkey}}) is the southernmost island administered by the [[Isle of Man]] and belongs to the parish of [[Rushen]]. It lies to the southwest of the [[Calf of Man]], {{convert|4.5|km}} off [[Spanish Head]] on the Manx mainland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britlink.org/chickenrock.html|title=Chicken Rock - Carrick ny Kirkey|publisher=britlink.org}}</ref>
 
'''Chicken Rock''' ({{lang-gv|Carrick ny Kirkey}}), part of [[Rushen]] parish, is the southernmost island administered by the [[Isle of Man]]. It lies southwest of the [[Calf of Man]], {{convert|4.5|km}} off [[Spanish Head]] on the Manx mainland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britlink.org/chickenrock.html|title=Chicken Rock - Carrick ny Kirkey|publisher=britlink.org|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507033749/http://www.britlink.org/chickenrock.html|archive-date=2012-05-07}}</ref> The most prominent feature of the rock is the 19th century [[Chicken Rock Lighthouse]]. The {{convert|44|m}} lighthouse was first lit in 1875, and is owned and maintained by the [[Northern Lighthouse Board]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Chicken Rock Lighthouse|url=https://www.nlb.org.uk/LighthouseLibrary/Lighthouse/Chicken-Rock/|access-date=14 October 2014}}</ref>
The 0.1 [[hectare]] rock is home to a 44&nbsp;m (144&nbsp;ft) lighthouse which was designed by engineers [[David Stevenson (engineer)|David]] and [[Thomas Stevenson]] after it was realised that the lights on the Calf of Man were not sufficient to warn ships away. Construction of this tapered granite structure was completed in December 1874 and the first official lighting day was on 1 January 1875.
 
==See also==
A fire heavily damaged the interior of the lighthouse on 23 December 1960, leading to automation of the light in 1961. The lighthouse is owned and maintained by the [[Northern Lighthouse Board]].
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* [[Category:LighthousesList of lighthouses in the Isle of Man]]▼
 
==References==
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==External links==
{{Lighthouses of the Northern Lighthouse Board}}
*[http://www.nlb.org.uk/LighthouseLibrary/Main/ Northern Lighthouses Board]
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[[Category:Islands of the Isle of Man]]
[[Category:Lighthouses completed in 1874]]
[[Category:Towers completed in 1874]]
▲[[Category:Lighthouses in the Isle of Man]]
 
 
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