Lighthouse

The recreation park from which the area takes its name opened to the public in 1894. It was built on 121 acres of reformed bogland, 103 of which were on the Bute Estate, and includes an artificial lake with two islands. In 1915 a lighthouse was erected there by public subscription to commemorate Scott of the Antarctic's ill-fated voyage to the South Pole, which set out from Cardiff Docks. - From the Welsh Icons web site