The shore station for Longships Lighthouse was located at Sennen Cove. The lighthouse keepers families lived in the row of cottage, and the wives could signal to their husbands using semaphone flags.
Established: 1791
Present tower: 1875
Height of Tower: 35 metres
Elevation: 35 metres
Automated:1988
Character: Fl (2) WR 10s
Range of light: 15 miles
Engineer: Samuel Wyatt (1791), Sir James Douglass (1875)