Portland, The Lighthouse c.1955
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P91003

More about this scene
This view looks southwards across the Common from Stert, named for a neck of land, which juts into the English Channel and is the southernmost point of both Portland and Dorset. Two landmarks - or seamarks - were provided by Trinity House for the benefit of shipping: the beacon of 1844 (left skyline), constructed as a pyramid-shaped obelisk, and the island's 136ft-high lighthouse (right), which was built between 1903 and 1905.
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