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Anvil Point Lighthouse
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The Anvil Point Lighthouse is a fully-automated lighthouse located at Durlston Country Park near Swanage in Dorset, England. It is owned by Trinity House and currently operated as two holiday cottages.
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Location | Swanage Dorset England |
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Coordinates | 50°35′30.8″N 1°57′35.3″W |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1881 |
Construction | stone tower |
Automated | 1991 |
Height | 12 m (39 ft) |
Shape | cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern |
Markings | white tower and lantern |
Operator | Trinity House[1] |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Official name | The lighthouse residential block, link building, sheds (now used as garage, engine house for lights and stores) and wall at Anvil Point |
Designated | 21 March 1983 |
Reference no. | 1153160 |
Fog signal | deactivated |
Light | |
Focal height | 45 m (148 ft) |
Lens | 250mm 6 panel fourth order rotating optic (original), 1 single tier LED lantern (current) |
Intensity | 1,080 candela |
Range | 9 nmi (17 km; 10 mi) |
Characteristic | Fl W 10s. |
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The lighthouse, residential block and associated buildings are listed Grade II as part of a single entry on the National Heritage List for England.[3]