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
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Place name PORTLAND BILL
Parish PORTLAND
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 367709, 68590
Longitude / Latitude -2.4555037113051, 50.515609964983
National Grid Reference SY677686

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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

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

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