Thursday, May 26, 2011

Longships Lighthouse

Captain! The end of the world! Well here we are at Lands End, looking out at Longships Lighthouse which is located on rocks about a mile out to sea. Bit disappointed about the quality of the photos but it was a grey, hazy day.


A lighthouse was established here in 1791 apparently but because of the height of the waves, the light was apparently frequently obscured by water, so they knocked it down and built this one here in 1875. Looks like it has a helipad on top of it.


Incidentally, Wolfs Rock Lighthouse is supposed to be distantly visible from Lands End but it must have been on holidays the day we were there.

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