tapered cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markings
white tower with a red horizontal band, white lantern
Operator
The Crown Estate[1]
Heritage
Grade II listed building
Light
First lit
1906
Focal height
43 metres (141 ft)
Lens
1st order catadioptric rotating (original), LED lantern (current)
Intensity
635,000 candela
Range
18 nautical miles (33 km; 21 mi)
Characteristic
Fl (4) W 20s.
Portland Bill Lighthouse is a functioning lighthouse at Portland Bill, on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England. The lighthouse and its boundary walls are Grade II Listed.[2]
As Portland Bill's largest and most recent lighthouse, the Trinity House operated Portland Bill Lighthouse is distinctively white and red striped, standing at a height of 41 metres (135 ft). It was completed by 1906 and first shone out on 11 January 1906.[3] The lighthouse guides passing vessels through the hazardous waters surrounding the Bill, while also acting as a waymark for ships navigating the English Channel.[4]
^Portland Bill Lighthouse Trinity House. Retrieved April 25, 2016
^Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1280498)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
^"Portland Bill, Portland, Dorset". Geoffkirby.co.uk. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
^"Portland Bill Lighthouse". Trinityhouse.co.uk. 18 March 1996. Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
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