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Line 1: {{Copypaste\|url=http://~~archive.is/20121209184153/http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:g9rKmuJb7lsJ:~~www.britlink.org/chickenrock.html~~+Spanish+Head+%2B+Chicken+Rock&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&client=safari~~\|date=May 2014}} {{Infobox lighthouse \|name= Chicken Rock Lighthouse Line 23: \|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://~~archive.is/20121209184153/http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:g9rKmuJb7lsJ:~~www.britlink.org/chickenrock.html~~+Spanish+Head+%2B+Chicken+Rock&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&client=safari~~\|title=Chicken Rock - Carrick ny Kirkey\|publisher=britlink.org}}</ref> The 0.1 [[hectare]] rock is home to a 44 m (144 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.

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