Monument record MDO32341 - Navigation light, Weymouth harbour, Weymouth

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A 'lamp' on the end of a stony spit projecting from Nothe Point at the entrance to Weymouth harbour.

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The OS 1st edn 25in map (1883) (1) shows a 'lamp' on the end of a stony spit projecting from Nothe Point at the entrance to Weymouth harbour. It was presumably to guide vessels entering the harbour at night.


<1> Ordnance Survey, 1864, 1886, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one (Map). SDO10239.

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  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1864, 1886. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one. paper. 1:2500.

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Grid reference SY 68824 78936 (point) Centred on
Map sheet SY67NE
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Apr 4 2018 4:29PM

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