Images Dated 27th November 2008

Mersham-le-Hatch, Kent, home of Baronet Knatchbull, c1880

Mersham-le-Hatch, Kent, home of Baronet Knatchbull, c1880. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, edited by Reverend FO Morris, Volume V, William Mackenzie, London, c1880. Wood-engraved plates after paintings by Benjamin Fawcett and Alexander Francis Lydon

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Lighthouse on Island in Beagle Channel, Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina

A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses, and to serve as a navigational aid for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways. Lighthouses mark dangerous coastlines, hazardous shoals, reefs, and safe entries to harbors, and can assist in aerial navigation

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Highcliffe Castle, Dorset, home of the Marchioness of Waterford, c1880

Highcliffe Castle, Dorset, home of the Marchioness of Waterford, c1880. Highcliffe Castle was built in the 1830s for Lord Stuart de Rothesay. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, edited by Reverend FO Morris, Volume V, William Mackenzie, London, c1880. Wood-engraved plates after paintings by Benjamin Fawcett and Alexander Francis Lydon

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