Editing Corsewall Lighthouse (section)

==History==
In 1814, a Mr Kirkman Finley applied to the Trade of Clyde for a lighthouse on Corsewall Point. The [[Northern Lighthouse Board]] investigated the site and in 1815 decided that a lighthouse should be built at the entrance of [[Loch Ryan]], Galloway. When the engineer and lighthouse designer [[Robert Stevenson (civil engineer)|Robert Stevenson]] undertook an inspection voyage in December 1815, he observed that the lighthouse tower, at {{Convert|30|ft|m}}, and house were under construction.<ref name=":0" />

Corsewall Lighthouse was first lit in 1817. That same year, the Principal Keeper was reported for incompetence after falling asleep while on duty. For a period of time the revolving apparatus of the light had stopped. The Keeper was suspended and demoted becoming an assistant at [[Bell Rock Lighthouse]]. He never again chiefly monitored a lighthouse.<ref name=":0">[http://www.nlb.org.uk/ourlights/history/corsewall.htm Northern Lighthouse Board history of the light] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061002165724/http://www.nlb.org.uk/ourlights/history/corsewall.htm |date=2 October 2006 }}, Retrieved on 24 June 2008</ref>

In November 1970, [[Concorde]] reportedly flew over the lighthouse on a trial flight and shattered panes of glass on the lighthouse. Later flights did not affect it.

In 1994, the light was automated and monitored from the Northern Lighthouse Board in Edinburgh. The lighthouse keepers accommodation has been converted into the Corsewall Lighthouse Hotel.<ref>[http://www.lighthousehotel.co.uk/ Corsewall Lighthouse Hotel], Retrieved on 24 June 2008</ref><ref>{{Cite rowlett|sctsw|accessdate=2016-05-10}}</ref><ref>[http://www.nlb.org.uk/LighthouseLibrary/Lighthouse/Corsewall/ Corsewall] Northern Lighthouse Board. Retrieved 10 May 2016</ref>

In 1892, three engineers who were installing a new light hid a message in a bottle at the lighthouse. The bottle and message were discovered in 2024 while the lighthouse was undergoing refurbishment.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hidden message in a bottle found in lighthouse wall after 132 years|publisher=BBC|date=9 November 2024|URL=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cje0x5j7wgjo }}</ref>