Via Flickr:
iPhone 4S Pano shot of Portland Bill Lighthouse Dorset.
In August 1788 Argand lamps were installed, Portland being the first lighthouse in England to be fitted with them. In 1798, when Napoleon threatened invasion, two 18lb cannons were installed at the lighthouse.
A 7 metre tall white stone obelisk was built in 1844 at the Southern tip of Portland Bill as a warning of a low shelf of rock extending 30 metres South into the sea, which still stands near the current lighthouse.
Thursday 20 December 2012
Portland Bill Lighthouse
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