Lighthouses have for centuries captured the imagination of poets, artists and novelists... standing brave and defiant to the full force of the oceans, keeping seafarers from a watery grave.

Extract:...The Eddystone's lamp is said to have shone until midnight, guiding floundering ships safely into Plymouth. But by dawn, Winstanley and his lighthouse had gone and only the iron piles remained.

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