The Anvil Point Lighthouse at dusk, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, England, United Kingdom.


The Anvil Point Lighthouse is built of local Purbeck stone and was completed in1881. The squat lighthouse tower is only 12 metres tall, but because it is situated on a high cliff top the light is 45 metres above the high water mark. It is positioned to give a waypoint for vessels passing along the English Channel coast.


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Location: Anvil Point, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, UK, Great Britain, GB.
Photo credit: © Andrew Wood / Alamy / Afripics
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