2017
SY6868 : The Old Lower Lighthouse, Portland Bill
taken 7 years ago, near to Southwell, Dorset, England
The Old Lower Lighthouse, Portland Bill
The Old Lower Lighthouse is a disused 19th-century lighthouse on the Isle of Portland, close to the currently functioning Portland Bill Lighthouse (
SY6768 : Portland Bill Lighthouse). Trinity House had built new high and low lighthouses in 1869. Both lighthouses were superseded by the current lighthouse in 1906.
The Old Lower Lighthouse is a Grade II listed building (List Entry Number: 1280466
Link Heritage Gateway). Since 1961 it has been the home of the Portland Bird Observatory.
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