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Archive for September 7th, 2007

Suffolk Lighthouse To Be Demolished? »

By Sue Clark on Sep 7, 2007 in Opinion, Threatened | 3 Comments

Orfordness Lighthouse, Suffolk, UK Photo by Keith Marshall (Creative Commons) A lighthouse that has survived machine gun fire, air strafings, raids by French privateers (they damaged the lantern and stole the keepers’ beds!) and storms is now threatened by the same erosion that many lighthouses are now facing. Orfordness Lighthouse, where a light has stood since 1634, is now only 50 yards from the beach. Accelerated erosion and coastal changes over the past decade have brought it to a near critical mass, and may necessitate it being demolished, according to a story from the Evening Star.

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