Beruwala Lighthouse

Beruwala Lighthouse

Beruwala Lighthouse (Photo credit: ibrahim shareef, Google Street View) Beruwala Lighthouse , also known as Barberyn Lighthouse (Sinhala: බේරුවල ප්‍රදීපාගාරය), is one of the lighthouses in Sri Lanka. It is located on 3 hectares of Barberyn Island located about 500 m offshore from the Maradana fish jetty near Beruwala town. History During the period of British Ceylon (1815-1948 A.D.), this lighthouse was erected (probably in 1928). It was operated by the Imperial Lighthouse Service until 1972, even after Sri Lanka gained independence from the British in 1948. The Sri Lanka Navy took over the control of the lighthouse in 1972 and in 1984, it was assigned to the supervision of the Sri Lanka Ports Authority. The lighthouse tower The white cylindrical tower is 110 ft. (33.52 m) tall and made out of granite. It has five stories and each contains two windows for ventilation. There are about 140 steps to the top of the tower. The embossed stones on the exterior wall of the tower have given it an ap…