A 7.01m (23ft) high wooden framework tower, supporting a small lantern. The light has an elevation of 9.75m (32ft) above high water.

Event and Historical Information:
A 6.1m (20ft) high white tower stood on the early nineteenth-century inner East Pier (the end of this pier still remains) and was replaced by the light on the present East Pierhead (SS 667 915), established in 1909.

Sources:
Hague, D, 1994, Lighthouses of Wales: Their Architecture and Archaeology, pg49-52
Swansea Museum (RISW), drawings and photographs collection, No. 371
Jones, W H, 1922, History of the Port of Swansea
Report of the Select Committee on Lighthouses, Appendix No. 65, p.657.

Maritime Officer, RCAHMW, June 2009.