EAW002984 ENGLAND (1946). Portland Bill Lighthouse, Bill Quarries and environs, Portland Bill, 1946
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| Title | [EAW002984] Portland Bill Lighthouse, Bill Quarries and environs, Portland Bill, 1946 |
| Reference | EAW002984 |
| Date | 3-October-1946 |
| Link | |
| Place name | PORTLAND BILL |
| Parish | PORTLAND |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 367709, 68590 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -2.4555037113051, 50.515609964983 |
| National Grid Reference | SY677686 |
Pins
 Lloyd's Cottage |
 ajsmith99 |
Friday 5th of March 2021 07:21:23 PM |
| Approx location of a 2ndWW LAA gun position. |
redmist |
Sunday 6th of December 2020 05:53:23 PM |
| 2ndWW anti-landing obstacles. Rocks were laid across the common. |
redmist |
Sunday 6th of December 2020 05:40:40 PM |
| 2ndWW anti-landing trench. |
redmist |
Sunday 6th of December 2020 05:39:48 PM |
| Original Portland Bill coastguard station |
ajsmith99 |
Friday 13th of April 2018 08:02:23 PM |
| Old Higher Lighthouse |
ajsmith99 |
Saturday 23rd of September 2017 05:16:15 PM |
| Coastguard Lookout (now NCI Portland Bill) |
ajsmith99 |
Saturday 23rd of September 2017 05:15:55 PM |
| RN Portland Bill W/T Station |
ajsmith99 |
Saturday 23rd of September 2017 05:14:10 PM |
| Pulpit Rock |
JewlseyB |
Wednesday 5th of April 2017 07:49:58 PM |
| Old Lower Lighthouse; here seen in a ruinous state. Restored and re-opened in 1961, as a bird observatory. |
Oliver Mills |
Thursday 18th of August 2016 02:54:08 PM |
| Obelisk marking rock shelf |
totoro |
Monday 15th of September 2014 06:20:10 PM |
| Portland Bill Lighthouse
The first Trinity House lighthouse was erected by William Johns, a Weymouth builder, in 1789.
It replaced two earlier and badly operated lighthouses which operated after 1716, and were reported in 1752 to not be lit until two hours after sunset. One of these was demolished in 1789.
Two new lighthouses were built further back than the present lighthouse in 1869.
The present single lighthouse was built in 1906 with a height of 41 metres and can be seen 25 miles away. It was converted to automatic operation in 1996 and it is operated from Harwich.
To the South of the lighthouse is a seven metre obelisk marking a shelf of rock which extends 30 metres into the sea. |
totoro |
Monday 15th of September 2014 06:19:15 PM |
| HAA battery |
Al |
Tuesday 7th of January 2014 10:16:36 PM |
| The early beach huts just after WWII. The layout of the beach hut "fields" was already established. |
Andy |
Wednesday 11th of December 2013 08:51:46 PM |
User Comment Contributions
 HAA site at Portland Bill |
Al |
Tuesday 7th of January 2014 10:25:44 PM |