54°19.8' North
5°31.5' West

Fl (4) W 20s. Shown through 24 hours
Range 26 nautical miles.
Height above MHWS 74 meters.
Height of tower 27 meters.

The Angus Rock lighthouse is situated on a small island in Strangford Lough Narrows, the narrows boasts the fastest tidal stream in Ireland or the United Kingdom, it runs at 7.8 kts during spring tides. Many ships have been wrecked and lives lost in and around Strangford including 'The Eagles Wing' which was wrecked in October 1715 near Strangford Bar with a loss of 76 lives. The Eagles Wing holds the distinction of being the first officially recorded wreck on the Irish coast.

It is probably fair to say that Strangford does not have any commercial traffic, this was not the case in the past when a considerable amount of of the agricultural produce of the area around the lough was exported by sea. During the 16 to 1800's and even into the 1930's and 40's the sight of tradeing schooners and ketches would have been a common sight in and around Strangford. It appears the sailormen of past calles the Angus Tower 'The Rocking Goose' why that was I have no idea.

In October 1978 the Inspector recommended to the Board that, subject to Down County Council establishing the five lights for which they had received Statutory Sanction, the Board should approve the establishing of a light at Angus Rock Tower, and in order to complete the effective lighting of the Strangford Lough entrance that the unlighted Bar Pladdy buoy be replaced by a lighted buoy.

The tower remained unlit for a considerable period of time, it was not until 7th april 1983 that a light was established on the rock. Its character is Flashing red every five seconds and has a range of 6.5 nautical miles. In July 2000 the Angus Tower light was converted to solar power. It is now in the care of an attendant and monitered via a telemetry link from Irish Lights in Dun Laoghaire.