Old Lower Lighthouse
The Old Lower Lighthouse is a disused 19th century lighthouse on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, southern England. It is located along the eastern side of Portland Bill.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Eugene Birchall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Building
- Description: lighthouse in Portland, Weymouth and Portland, Dorset, England, UK
- Also known as: “Lower Lighthouse”, “Old Lower Lighthouse, With Boundary Walls And Coastguard House”, “Portland Bill Low Light”, and “The Old Lower Light”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Portland Light and Cave Hole.
Portland Light
Photo: David P Howard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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. Portland Light is situated 2,400 feet southwest of Old Lower Lighthouse.
Cave Hole
Cave
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Cave Hole is a large cave on the south east side of the Isle of Portland, a large peninsular in Dorset, England. It has a blowhole and a wooden crane, known as Broad Ope Crane on the cliff top. Cave Hole is situated 1,500 feet east of Old Lower Lighthouse.
Trinity House Obelisk
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The Trinity House Obelisk, also known as the Trinity House Landmark, is a 19th-century obelisk located at Portland Bill, on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England. Trinity House Obelisk is situated 2,700 feet southwest of Old Lower Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pulpit Rock and Southwell.
Pulpit Rock
Locality
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Pulpit Rock is a coastal feature at Portland Bill, the southern tip of the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England. Intended to have the appearance of an open bible leaning on a pulpit, Pulpit Rock was formed in the 1870s after a natural arch was cut away by quarrymen at Bill Quarry, and the leaning slab was added.
Southwell
Village
Photo: Brendan and Ruth McCartney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Southwell is a small coastal village in Tophill on the Isle of Portland, Dorset. As Portland and Dorset's southernmost village, it lies between Portland Bill and the villages of Easton and Weston.
Weston
Village
Photo: Brendan and Ruth McCartney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Weston is a village in Tophill on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England. It abuts the main village Easton. As with the rest of Portland's villages and settlements, Weston has been designated as a conservation area, as it is a place of special architectural and historic interest.
Old Lower Lighthouse
- Category: lighthouse
- Location: Isle of Portland, Weymouth and Portland District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.51968° or 50° 31′ 11″ northLongitude
-2.45111° or 2° 27′ 4″ westOpen location code
9C2VGG9X+VHOpenStreetMap ID
way 147258941OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q7084394
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In Other Languages
From French to German—“Old Lower Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- French: “phare de Portland Bill Low”
- French: “Phare de Portland Bill Low”
- German: “Alter Leuchtturm Portland Bill”
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Highlights include The Pulpit Inn Playground and Culver Well.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Old Lower Lighthouse”. Photo: Eugene Birchall, CC BY-SA 2.0.