A daymark is a structure such as a tower constructed on land as an aid to navigation by sailors. St Martin's ( Cornish: Brechiek, meaning dappled island is the northernmost populated island of the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom. Towers are tall human-made Structures that are always taller than they are wide usually by a significant Margin. While similar in concept to a lighthouse, a daymark does not have a light and so can only be used during the day. A lighthouse is a Tower, building or framework designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses or in older times from a fire and used as an

Examples of daymarks can be found at Walton-on-the-Naze and St Martin's, Isles of Scilly. Walton-on-the-Naze is a small town in Essex, England, on the North Sea coast in the Tendring district St Martin's ( Cornish: Brechiek, meaning dappled island is the northernmost populated island of the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom.

The term daymark may also refer to the pattern in which a lighthouse is painted, making it more easily identifiable during the day, and many disused lighthouses remain useful daymarks.

See also

• Daybeacon
• Buoy
• Sea mark
• Landmark

A day beacon is an unlighted nautical Sea mark. Typically day beacons supplement channels whose key points are marked by lighted Buoys Day beacons may A sea mark, also seamark and Navigation mark, is a Pilotage aid which identifies the approximate position of a maritime channel hazard Originally a landmark literally meant a Geographic Feature used by explorers and

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