The first antecedent of this lighthouse is found in 1904 but it will be in 1909 when the engineer Salvador López Miño carried out the definitive project. For various vicissitudes it would not be lit until October 1921.
Changes in the lantern and lamp by the engineer Mauro Serret were carried out in 1912 and 1921, elements that were modified again in 1935. Since then it has not changed and has a range of 20 miles for white light And 10 miles for the red light.
At present it depends on the Port Authority of Vilagarcía de Arousa, fulfilling the function of orienting with its white light the entrance of the arch of Finisterre and the estuary of Corcubión, along with the signaling of the Miñardos bass. The red light serves to mark the lows of Meán, Ximiela, Bruidos and A Carballosa and the fixed light, the entrance of the estuary of Muros.
Curiosities, myths and legends
In the parish of Lira, municipality of Carnota, we find a hórreo whose construction is attributed to D. Gregorio Quíntela, by its dimensions competes in greatness with the one of Carnota considered the greater one of Galicia. It was built in the s. XVIII in granite on a platform of stone to save the unevenness of the land. At first it counted on only eleven pairs of legs but later extended to 22. It is 36.53 m long and 1.60 m wide.
Its function was to store corn grain and dryer. It has a stone called "estraratos" so that the rodents do not reach the harvest.
