2005

SZ0691 : Westbourne: Skerryvore lighthouse replica

taken 18 years ago, near to Branksome Park, Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole, England

Westbourne: Skerryvore lighthouse replica
Westbourne: Skerryvore lighthouse replica
This little park is the site of a house called Skerryvore, in which Robert Louis Stevenson lived from 1885 to 1887. The house was destroyed in the war in 1940 and in 1957 Bournemouth Corporation built this – it is a replica of the lighthouse at Skerryvore, 12 miles southwest of the Isle of Tiree (56º19.4'N 7º6.9'W; approximate grid reference NL8426 NL8426 : Skerryvore: a view from Hynish, Tiree), which Stevenson's (?)uncle, Alan Stevenson, built.
Stevenson wrote "Kidnapped" and "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde" while here.

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Category: Sculpture
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Lighthouse Replica [2] Other Photos: · Westbourne: postbox № BH4 118, R. L. Stevenson Avenue ·
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SZ0691, 112 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Chris Downer   (more nearby)
Date Taken
December 2005   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 2 July, 2007
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SZ 068 910 [100m precision]
WGS84: 50:43.1477N 1:54.2599W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SZ 068 910
View Direction
South-southwest (about 202 degrees)
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